Second Request - Importing and Categorizing

[mspringer]

I have downloaded OFX files to import into GC and it is not recognizing 
or categorizing the transactions properlywhen I import them to the 
register; it assigns all the transactions to a single category (i.e., 
'transfer') and I then have toedit each transactionand place it in the 
proper category.  This seems to defeat the purpose of downloading and 
importing transactions; it would be almost as easy for me to enter each 
transaction manually when reconciling.

For example, I downloaded a few months of credit card transactions and 
imported them.  Theywere all assigned to a category I use called 
'Computer Expenses'.  Most, if not all, of the vendors that I had made 
purchases from were already inthe account, so none of the categories 
(transfers) were new.

I don't believe I had this problem when I first started using GC, it 
seems to have developedsomewherealong the way.  I don't reconcile my 
accounts every month so I'm not sure exactly when this started.

I switched from Moneydance- which did automatically categorize 
downloaded transactions - but it frequently skipped transactions that 
were downloaded during import, so I switched to GnuCash.  Everything 
seemed to be OK at first, but as mentionedproblems have shown up at some 
random time.

Mark Springer
industrial arts