Can't import QFX txns before certain date

[David Carlson]

On 5/15/2014 12:06 AM, Pete wrote:
> Well, I'm stumped.
>
> I have an account which currently is reconciled up to January. Now I'm
> trying to import QFX transactions for March through to the present. But no
> matter which date range I have exported from my bank into the QFX file, I
> am only presented with transactions in the Transaction Matcher starting
> with Mar 3.
>
> If I examine the QFX file, there are transactions for Mar 1 in there, but
> they are being ignored/skipped/not displayed at all in the matcher.
>
> If I grab a QFX file that contains a list of transactions for Feb, the
> matcher presents a completely empty list.
>
> If I grab April or May QFX files, they display in the matcher completely.
>
> Why is the matcher refusing to show anything before March 5?
>
> Thanks for any help.
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The OFX importer looks at each transaction and only imports transactions
that it has not seen before.  If you want to re-import a given
transaction you would need to delete the originally imported transaction
(good luck finding it if it was matched to the wrong existing
transaction the first time) or edit the OFX file to change the unique
transaction identifier for that transaction to a different, yet still
unique transaction identifier that you expect your bank will never use
in the future.

As far as I know, there is no way to see these unique transaction
identifiers in the register display, but GnuCash remembers them anyway.

If you are lucky and notice an error right after an import, you could
start from a backup of your data file and import again.  That is why I
make it a habit to save just before importing. 

David C