[GNC] CSV import lags and burns CPU; can't report bug

[Geert Janssens]

GnuCash 3 is using a different way to store import matcher heuristics 
internally. The first time the csv importer is run, any heuristics in the old 
format are converted to the newer format. Depending on how large this 
heuristics database is, this can take a considerable amount of time. And 
unfortunately there is no visual indication this process is running - an 
unfortunate omission. The dev that implemented the conversion probably didn't 
expect this to be an issue (and I wouldn't have either tbh).

So maybe this internal conversion is what you experienced. As it should only 
run once (if you let it complete) subsequent imports should be faster.

Regards,

Geert

Op donderdag 11 april 2019 01:12:53 CEST schreef Mark Hedges via gnucash-user:
> It was super super slow... until it wasn't.  I tried the import over again
> with the descriptions modified with an "x" so they don't stomp on
> autocomplete for previously filed transactions.  It imported 160
> transactions in about 2 seconds today.  So I don't know what was up.  Evil
> gnomes?
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 3:55 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> > Huh. Another corner of the Windows Installer I hadn't noticed before.
> > 
> > Fixed, will be in the next nightly build.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> > 
> > > On Apr 8, 2019, at 12:57 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> > 
> > adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> > > GnuCash’s Bugzilla database moved to bugs.gnucash.com several moons ago.
> > > 
> > > I can’t find any similar shortcut for bug filing on MacOS, so this is
> > 
> > probably for the Windows version only. (I don’t ever recall seeing it with
> > Linux versions either)
> > 
> > > You should file a bug on that as well, since it needs to point to the
> > 
> > correct location.
> > 
> > > Regards,
> > > Adrien
> > > 
> > >> On Apr 8, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Mark Hedges via gnucash-user <
> > 
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > >> Hi.  I'm trying to import transactions from a very simple CSV file,
> > 
> > using a
> > 
> > >> default account and a single transfer account in a CSV field.  I get to
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > >> stage to go from "Transaction Information" where it says "On the
> > 
> > following
> > 
> > >> page you will be able to associate each transaction to a category."
> > 
> > Even a
> > 
> > >> 1-line CSV test file takes about 10 or 15 seconds to get to the next
> > 
> > page.
> > 
> > >> With 160 transactions, the program stops responding, though it is
> > 
> > burning
> > 
> > >>> 30% CPU.  I assume it will finish eventually, but this process seems
> > 
> > to be
> > 
> > >> very inefficient.
> > >> 
> > >> I can't seem to report a bug anymore.  I just installed GnuCash 3.5.
> > 
> > When
> > 
> > >> I go to Start > GnuCash > Report a GnuCash Bug (Online), this takes me
> > 
> > to
> > 
> > >> bugzilla.gnome.org.  It says that most projects have migrated to
> > 
> > GitLab,
> > 
> > >> but for GnuCash I should NOT go to GitLab.  When I try to log into
> > >> bugzilla, it says "Sorry, entering a bug into the product GnuCash has
> > 
> > been
> > 
> > >> disabled."  However, the GitLab site linked from the BugZilla page does
> > 
> > not
> > 
> > >> seem to have a GnuCash project.  Where should we report bugs these
> > >> days?
> > >> 
> > >> Thanks.
> > >> 
> > >> Mark Hedges
> > > 
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