Import by Description?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Adrien Monteleone <webmaster at earlsfurniture.biz> writes:

> Out of curiosity for when I tackle a similar project, can the account
> be specified by editing the OFX file?
> If so, I should think it trivial to script (or just use sed/awk)
> setting the specified account based on what the Description/Payee line
> contains. This would accomplish setting many transactions to the
> proper account automatically.
> -Adrien

I do not believe that you can assign an account in OFX this way.  You
can apply an accountID which I believe will map to an account, but not
in the same way that you can assign an account in QIF.

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-derek

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