[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 193, Issue 42 - re: QFX Import Matching

[kvn]

Sorry if this is not the correct way to respond.  New to GnuCash mail 
list and I get the digest, not individual topics.

QFX Importing has never worked properly for me either, from the time I 
started using GnuCash 5 or 6 years ago, maybe more.  The importer skips 
common entries constantly, not always the same vendor, so it will enter 
some but skip others.  Not the same amount either, just certain random 
transactions. I don't reconcile for months at a time and when I do I 
have to manually enter anywhere from 10% to 50% of my transactions.

I download the transactions from my bank, import the QFX file, go to 
reconcile and then have to find all the missing transactions. This is 
especially difficult with my Debit card, which I use for all my daily 
and personal transactions.

Bayesian is on and the thresholds are low.  The transactions are in the 
bank's QFX file. GnuCash version 2.6.12 on Linux 16.04, but also on 
previous Linux releases and GC versions.

Thanks for any insight



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> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:16:00 -0400
> From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
> To: Keith Bellairs <keith at bellairs.org>
> Cc: gnucash-user email group <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] QFX import matching
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> Hi,
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> Keith Bellairs <keith at bellairs.org> writes:
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>> Thanks for the hint, David. But its more broken than that. Many/most of my
>> imports match correctly. The groceries one has been manually assigned
>> dozens or hundreds of times and the match algo always fails. Do any of the
>> parameters in the preferences make a difference?
>>
>> The memo field in the imported qfx file is kind of long for this company:
>> BUFFALO M BUFF HARDWICK VT POS PURCHASE/PIN DDA 098894
>> and it is always the same. It has a special character in it. Somehow it
>> baffles the import matcher.
>>
>> Sorry, I forgot the basic info, but the matcher has failed this way for
>> (probably) years:
>> Gnucash 3.4
>> MacOS 10.14.3
> Are you sure you have Bayesian Matching turned on in your preferences?
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