Account associations with Description are not "remembered"

[Lincoln A Baxter]

On Tue, 2016-07-19 at 12:08 -0400, Brooks Bridges wrote:
> Derek, you nailed my problem - for some reason I didn't even notice
> the
> intermediate window - so anxious to see results - damn cracks in
> sidewalk.
> I tried a test case just now changing in that window and all works.
> Thanks .

Derek,

I think I know the answer to this because I could not find any
references to the Imbalance accounts in my Bayes slot data, But, if one
leaves the transactions unmatched in the import window and finishes, as
Brooks did, does the importer store Bayesian slot data weighting the
next imported transactions toward matching the Imbalance accounts? If
so, I could update my gc_prune_bayes_data.pl script to explicitly
remove any slot data referencing the Imbalance accounts. 

Brooks: FYI, the script I referenced can help GC forget the sins of the
past,  It can even remove all slot data, so you can start over if you
want.  If you are interested, message me, and I'll post the most recent
version.  

In the mean time, it seems there may be little more interest than I
first thought.  Chris Good reached out to me about providing a more
easily found, reference copy of these scripts. (referenced on the
Wiki). I'm thinking about creating a github repository for them, and
maybe uploading to CPAN. (www.cpan.org).  There is already a GnuCash
top level namespace there, and GnuCash::Utilties is not taken. If you
the most recent versions these scripts, send me a message.  

Lincoln

> 
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Brooks,
> >
> > Brooks Bridges <bridges.brooks at gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Hello David,
> > >
> > > Appreciate reply but I'm still missing something.
> > >
> > > I checked preferences and do have Bayesian matching checked. My
> > > understanding is this is for unknown transactions - it attempts
> to
> > > recognize a grocery store for instance.
> > > In my case I deliberately imported a one-month earlier set of
> data, went
> > > in, matched a bunch of things to accounts, saved. Then I attached
> a set
> > of
> > > later data. All were assigned "Imbalance-USD", even when there
> was an
> > exact
> > > match to an earlier transaction.
> > > I just tried hand entering one previously matched - it recognized
> the
> > > description and completed it but nothing appeared in Transfer
> column.
> >
> > Just to confirm... You're making these assignments *IN the Import
> > Window* and not after-the-fact, right?  Once you finish the import,
> > that's it.  If you've assigned accounts *during the import* then
> gnucash
> > should remember it.  HOWEVER once you finish it, if you've left
> > something in Imbalance and then change it from the register,
> GnuCash
> > WILL NOT learn that change.
> >
> > > I sometimes leap small buildings with a running start but other
> times
> > > stumble over cracks in sidewalk.
> >
> > Don't we all?  Especially if it's a wide, crooked crack :)
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > > Brooks
> >
> > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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> >
> > -derek
> >
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