I accidentally imported a QIF twice and noticed too late. What can I do?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Michel Albert <michel at albert.lu> writes:

> I imported a file, but the importer did not gave me enough information to
> properly assign the accounts. So I manually made these changes *after* the
> import finished. I believe all these manual changes have triggered so many
> backup files that they rolled over.
>
> After my fixes, I realised I imported the same file twice.
>
> Now I have a /huge/ number of duplicates.
>
> Is there any way to search for duplicates? They all are in the same
> account, with the same date and same amount. I might be able to scratch out
> a backup from somewhere, but that might be *old*. So I'd prefer to use a
> more "automatic" procedure if somehow possible ;)

Sorry, but no.  The only way to search for duplicates is manually.

Just open up the account you imported into and manually go through;
you'll see duplicates side-by-sude (unless, of course, you manually
adjusted the dates after the fact).

Or revert to a backup file.

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-derek

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