OFX import troubles

[brad]

I'm still struggling w this.  It seems that the ofx import code doesn't
like what's in the OFX file and it can't relearn a new account. 

In the OFX file there is UNIQUEID and TICKER, both the same, and
SECNAME.  I can have the GC Name matching SECNAME and the GC Symbol
matching UNIQUEID and TICKER

It appears that the account matcher is matching something else that I
have no control over, and can't reset.  For example I renamed a security
to xx_backup and created a new one called xx.  When I try to load the
OFX file, and chose an account with security xx, the error popup says:  
"The chosen account does not have the correct currency/security
xx_backup (it has xx instead).  This account cannot be used." .
But the security for that trans has a UNIQUEID and TICKER which are xx,
so I don't understand....

The workaround I've been using is to to create a new account & commodity
when I do the import. I can then merge the old account and the new
account. But thats sloppy because I lose all price history.  I'm also
not sure that is always works.

I think perhaps a reset of the Bayesian match is worth trying, but I
can't figure out how to do that.  An email a few months ago from Derek
said something about 'it's stored in the KVP frame of the account', but
a search of my unzipped xml file doesn't show any KVP, so that doesn't
mean anything to me.

Also when I search the code for the strings in the error message, I
can't find them.  Are the strings in binary someplace?  I thought I
could locate the code where this is coming from & learn something.

I opened up a bug report, but no one has touched it.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648523
I tried creating a test OFX file, but haven't been successful.


On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 10:25 -0600, brad wrote:
> Thanks, I ran it w/ --debug but didn't learn anything.  I may have found
> a work-around.
> 
> On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 01:50 +0200, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote:
> > Hi Brad,
> > 
> > I am sorry nobody answered you before.
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2011 um 21:33:28 schrieb brad:
> > > As part of my ongoing struggle importing OFX files for investment
> > :
> > 
> > I don't use OFX, but ...
> > 
> > > In the gnucash.trace file there are several msgs that say:
> > > ... Unable to find account for id ...
> > >
> > > Can someone shed some light on this?
> > > Is there a verbose or debug option that will give me some more
> > > information?
> > 
> > see 
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Something_bad_happened.3B_how_can_I_help_debug.3F 
> > ff and http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile .
> > 
> > HTH
> > Frank
> 
> 
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