QFX import problem and work around, possible bug or new feature?

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 13:18:48 EDT 2016


Which credit card is doing this?

David C

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Chris Lyttle <chris at wilddev.net> wrote:

> I had exactly the same issue and used the same work around to get it to
> import. I thought it might be an issue with libofx's parsing of the file.
> No clue what the fix is though.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 9/2/2016 9:06 AM, gnucash_user wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Today tried to import data from a credit card account and found that the
>> description fields were showing as null rather than with the payee value.
>>
>> Studied the QFX file and noticed that the format of a transaction record
>> as received from the provider has changed from:
>>
>> <STMTTRN>
>> <TRNTYPE>DEBIT
>> <DTPOSTED>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[0:GMT]
>> <TRNAMT>xxxxx
>> <FITID>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <NAME>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> </STMTTRN>
>>
>> to
>>
>> <STMTTRN>
>> <TRNTYPE>DEBIT
>> <DTPOSTED>xxxxxxxxxxxx[0:GMT]
>> <TRNAMT>xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <FITID>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <NAME>xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <CATEGORY>
>> <MEMO>null
>> </STMTTRN>
>>
>> Note xxxxxxx represents the valid entries hidden for privacy reasons.
>>
>> Work around is it to delete the lines:
>> <CATEGORY>
>> <MEMO>null
>> from the .QFX file from each transaction via your favorite text editor or
>> awk or sed script.  After removal, the file imports as expected.
>>
>>
>> Is this a bug or new feature that needs to be reported or is it already
>> known?  Or is there another way to address this problem?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Michael
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