Matching cross-account transfer transactions to each other

[David Carlson]

Ben,

I have a similar situation at my favorite bank.  They actually allow me to
download all accounts at once in a single OFX file.  When I import this
file into GnuCash, the cross transfers are duplicated for me too.  GnuCash
cannot match them in the OFX importer.  It may be possible to use QIF
downloads instead, but I am not sure whether GnuCash will match them in
that format if they are in the same file.

I think you are saying that for you GnuCash doesn't match cross-transfers
even when they are imported separately.  That surprises me, but perhaps you
are not correcting the mis match until after the import.  GnuCash will only
learn about matching to existing transactions if the match is found and set
during the import process.  The same would be true if GnuCash were
assigning restaurant transactions to gasoline purchases or vice versa.  You
would need to correct those during the import for GnuCash to learn.  Even
then, I still see a few errors of this type after years of imports.

David C

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Benjamin Melançon <ben.agaric at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> Here's my workflow, please tell me i'm missing a feature:
>
> 1. Manually export an OFX from my online banking checking account and
> import it into GnuCash, it goes into the right account every time, great.
> 2. Manually export an OFX from my online banking savings account and import
> it into GnuCash, it also goes into its correct account, great.
> 3. When i find a transfer from say, the savings account to the checking
> account while in the checking account ("Deposit TRANSFER from Savings"),
> it's always unbalanced and i replace the "Imbalance-USD" line with a
> reference to the savings account.
> 4. Delete the now-duplicate counterpart unbalanced transaction, "Withdrawal
> TRANSFER from Savings", in the savings account ledger.
>
> Is there a way to match these transactions, instead of deleting one?
>
> Something else i'm missing?
>
> (It happens exactly the same, of course, if i start in the other account.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> ben
>
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