[GNC] Bayes matching issue

Nicolas Haller gnucash at boiteameuh.org
Fri Jul 13 00:35:28 EDT 2018


On 2018-07-11 10:51 PM, Nicolas Haller wrote:
> On 2018-07-11 10:46 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Jul 11, 2018, at 7:07 PM, Nicolas Haller <gnucash at boiteameuh.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm a user of GnuCash for a long time now but I'm testing importing 
>>> transactions from CSV for the first time.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it seems I have a problem with the Bayes matching 
>>> system. When I try to import a CSV, just before the "match 
>>> transactions" window should appear, gnucash hangs, working endlessly, 
>>> CPU 100% and memory increasing.
>>> Same thing if I go to Tools -> Import Map Editor.
>>>
>>> If I uncheck the box "Use bayes matching" from preferences, the 
>>> import works fine.
>>>
>>> My file is kind of big (7 years of personal accounting), I don't know 
>>> if it's a factor. After 15 minutes I gave up and kill gnucash.
>>>
>>> Can you help me? I’m running gnucash 3.2 Build ID: 3.2+ (2018-06-24) 
>>> from the Debian package currently on the unstable repository.
>>>
>>
>> Is this is the first time you’ve used GnuCash 3 after having used 
>> GnuCash 2 for a long time?  If so, GnuCash 3 Bayesian matching uses 
>> account GUIDs instead of account names for tracking matches. The first 
>> time the matcher runs it needs to convert all of the match data. If 
>> you have a lot of match data it can take a very long time. The only 
>> thing to do is to wait it out.
>>
> 
> Ah I see, that must be it. I'll give it a try and let you know.
> 
> Thanks,

So I let gnucash run during the night and it finished to convert the 
match data. The import feature works fine now.
Thanks a lot for the help!

-- 
Nicolas


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