Transaction Import Matching

David Reiser dbreiser at icloud.com
Fri Mar 27 22:26:59 EDT 2015


On Mar 27, 2015, at 9:38 PM, Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi-
> 
> I have a mildly annoying scenario that I was wondering if: (a) there are
> settings that could be tweaked, (b) it's a bug, or (c) an enhancement is
> required.
> 
> I am billed each week for my kids' before-school care. The provider submits
> three separate debit card charges, each for the same amount, for each child
> on the same day. All three transactions are separately entered in the
> register. So far, so good.
> 
> When I download the OFX file via aqbanking, all three transactions from the
> OFX file are matched to the same transaction in the register. Consequently,
> after completing the import matching, one transaction will be marked
> cleared, and the other two will remain uncleared.
> 
> The workarounds I (alternately) employ are:
> -- Manually match the second and third transactions (usual course)
> -- Accept the automatic matching and manually mark the second and third
> transactions as cleared, but then the transactions show up again the next
> time I import the OFX file.
> 
> It's not serious problem, but I am curious what the expected action should
> be. I would think in an ideal world, the logic in the importer would not
> match multiple OFX transactions to the same register transaction.
> 
> Thanks,
> Robin

Bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653715 <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653715>
and related enhancement request
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481774 <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=481774> 

--
Dave Reiser
dbreiser at icloud.com






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