Selecting which account for import bank statement

[Andrew Wasielewski]

Hi Derek,

Many thanks for this.  Sort of makes sense...at least I know how I can work around it now.

Regards,
Andrew

On Monday 22 April 2013 13:47:59 Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Andrew Wasielewski <andrew at wasielewski.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am just starting to use GnuCash to run the accounts for the RMC
> > which manages the development where we live.  I need to import bank
> > statements for bank transaction reconciliation in .QBO format.  The
> > first time I ran this I got prompted to select which GnuCash account
> > to import into, and the import itself works fine.  However all
> > subsequent times the import is to the same account without giving me
> > the choice, even though I have more than one account of type "Bank".
> > In production this won't matter as we only have one account, but while
> > I am testing different configurations it will be very useful to be
> > able to choose.
> >
> > I have looked through on-line documentation and all the config
> > settings I can find, but don't see anything relevant.
> 
> GnuCash will automatically attach the account code in the imported file
> to the account that you choose, so no, it will not ask you to bind the
> import-account to the gnucash account multiple times.  The result is
> that if you import a file with the same account code it will not ask
> you, because according to the data source you are importing the same
> account again.
> 
> There are two workaround to reset this (other that hand-editing the data
> file):
> 
> 1) Import a data file with a different (or bogus) account code and
>    re-select the account you want to reset.
> 
> 2) Create a temp account, delete the account you want to reset, move all
>    the transactions to the temp account, and then rename the temp
>    account to the account you just deleted.
> 
> > Any help much appreciated,
> > Andrew
> >
> > PS: Is this list still the best way to post questions?  I can't find a
> > forum anywhere.
> 
> Yes, this is it.  Forums are for Lusers.
> 
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> 
> -derek
> 
>