Can GNUCash automatically select the appropriate category?

[John Ralls]

On Jan 5, 2012, at 2:06 AM, macaronic wrote:

> I note that Kent Dahl-2 commented (Jul 13, 2008) that GnuCash can remember
> the mapping of "accounts" which - correct me if I'm wrong - is sometimes
> used interchangeably with "categories".  
> 
> 
> Kent Dahl-2 wrote
>> 
>> During import from QIF/OFX or otherwise, there is a dialog for assigning
>> the account of each transaction. This is remembered by GnuCash, which
>> then next time will use this information to try to map it automatically.
>> 
>> Note that there was a bug a while back, so it might not be working fully
>> unless you have version 2.2.5 of GnuCash. (At least it wasn't working in
>> 2.2.4 for me on QIF, so I upgraded.)
>> 
> 
> When I import a QFX there is no option to specify the "category" (e.g. Fuel,
> Service charge, Interest) of each transaction.  This is exactly what I
> recall Quicken/MSN Money automatically doing when importing online
> transactions.

No, Gnucash doesn't have "categories". It's a double-entry accounting system, so you create separate accounts for each category you want to track.

Please read carefully http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.4/C/gnucash-guide/ for a full explanation.

Regards,
John Ralls