When importing transactions, what happens to non-identical data in the description and notes fields?

[pfwoolverton at juno.com]

David and David, Thanks for the info.  I would like an import option to import the new data and retain the existing data, perhaps show all of the data in the split view. Paul ---------- Original Message ----------
From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
To: pfwoolverton at juno.com
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: When importing transactions, what happens to non-identical data in the description and notes fields?
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 10:33:21 -0500


Paul
 In my experience it depends on which method you use.  I usually use the OFX import and if I choose update the new text replaces the existing so I often either choose match which keeps the existing text or add to keep.the existing transaction intact so I can manually merge text later. David C 
On Jul 9, 2017 10:15 AM, "pfwoolverton at juno.com" <pfwoolverton at juno.com> wrote:

 I import transactions in QIF, GFX and CSV formats to GC 2.6.16.  When I import transactions, GC proposes to match some of the imported transactions with transactions in my file.  GC highlights these transactions in green.  These transactions do not have identical data in the date, description, and notes fields.  What happens to the non-identical data in the description and notes fields?  Which date survives the match.
 
 Paul
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