How to add transaction reference number column in imported OFX file

[David Carlson]

On 9/8/2015 8:55 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:24 PM, Jitu <Jparakh09 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am facing a issue while importing OFX file. When I import a OFX file in
>> gnucash, it doesn't show transaction reference number column in imported
>> file but when I import it into excel, it shows the transaction reference
>> number. Can anybody plz help me how to get this column in Gnucash. File
>> contains FTID tag for transaction reference number. 
> Jitu,
>
> GnuCash doesn’t expose the FITID in the UI, but it does use it to prevent duplication and it’s stored in the split’s KVP as “online id”. I guess that you’re asking about displaying it in the transaction matcher dialog. Why do you want to see it?
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
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Jitu,

One of my credit card providers does put that number into a description
line that GnuCash finds and includes in the imported transaction.  Since
most providers do not do that, a user would have to be willing to edit
the OFX file manually to copy that number into a description line if he
wanted to see it.  That is too much work for me.

David C.