[GNC] QFX import matching

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Keith Bellairs <keith at bellairs.org> writes:

> Derek,
>
> The online banking preference for bayesian matching is checked. The problem is
> most obvious, however, when I am importing a qfx file. When I use actions ->
> online actions -> get transactions the matching algorithm seems to work. Is
> the matching algo supposed to be applied for the File -> Import -> Import OFX/
> QFX case? Is there a separate preference for that case?

There is not a separate preference.
The process should work the same for OFX/QFX import vs. Online Actions.
Indeed, it is the same underlying code.

Perhaps the tokenizing is less effective in the OFX/QFX import such that
it's not getting good tokens to match on?

> Keith

-derek

> On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 11:16 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>    
>     Keith Bellairs <keith at bellairs.org> writes:
>    
>     > 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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>    
>     -derek
>    
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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
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