OFX import problem

[david.carlson.417]

Liz,
What you are seeing is mostly arising from the fact that that the OFX importer checks a transaction identification number that the financial institution assigns to each transaction in the OFX file and only accepts that transaction once into a given data file.
It is possible that your financial institution assigned the same number to transactions in different accounts, but they are not supposed to do that according to the OFX definition.
It is more likely that you lost track of which import file was imported to which data file..
I have four accounts at my bank and I always get all four in the same OFX download with no confusion except that the importer does not show which transaction is going to which account, but after it is done it is always right.
David C


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-------- Original message --------
From: Liz <edodd at billiau.net> 
Date: 11/5/16  10:13 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: OFX import problem 

On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 12:43:07 +1100
Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 12:34:49 +1100
> Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 6 Nov 2016 12:05:27 +1100
> > Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > I have several accounts with the same financial institution. Some
> > > OFX downloads import and others don't.
> > > This is a failing account import. 
> > > I see that there are a lot of items which the OFX importer is not
> > > handling, and present them for comment (and assistance)
> > > 
> > > Liz
> > >   
> > 
> > Just to add to confusion
> > If I try to import this file into another Gnucash set of books it
> > offers to import....
> > 
> > Now where do I look for the problem??
> > 
> 
> 
> More input....
> Where I have already downloaded one of these OFX files into a set of
> accounts that set of accounts baulks at another download for that
> account.
> Same OFX file in another set of accounts will offer to import....
> I've tried a few times across my 4 sets of Gnucash accounts
> 
> 

Essential missing info
Debian
GnuCash 2.6.13
This copy was built from rev 6fe4b8f+ on 2016-07-03.


and....
history wise
my credit union merged with another bigger one, so we went to their
financial software. So I have downloads from a "new" financial
institution. I can't tell exactly when this broke, whether it broke at
the time of change or with an update of Gnucash.
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