[GNC] Proposed change of "U+R" and "R" in the Import main matcher.

[David Carlson]

I am fine with baby steps before GnuCash is ready for true database
access.  Let's remove the word reconciliation from the import process.

David Carlson

On Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 11:31 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Indeed. I ask myself, "which character do I see after invoking this
> option?" It isn't "R"--it is "C."
>
> Furthermore, the imported transaction isn't "Reconciled," it is
> "Cleared." You still have to reconcile it.
>
> As for changing the Reconcile value to "R," well, that goes a little
> further down the path, and leads me logically to the thought that the
> field should then be renamed "Status." At this point, it feels like
> we're beginning to stray from the broader (as in beyond GnuCash)
> community terminological consensus. And we're making a lot of work for
> programmers and documentationers.
>
> David
>
> On 8/6/2019 4:29 PM, Fross, Michael wrote:
> > I agree as well. This was confusing to me when I started.
> >
> >   I also think instead of putting a ???Y??? in the reconciled column in
> the
> > register, I would put a ???R???.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 9:46 PM Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> +1
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 7:53 PM David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have raised bugs in the
> >>> code(https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797338) and
> documentation
> >>> (https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797337) proposing changing
> the
> >>> "U+R" and "R" tags in the import main matcher to "U+C" and "C" where
> the
> >>> curent use of R refers to the term reconciliation. The use of the term
> >>> reconciliation in this context may cause some confusion with the
> >>> reconciliation process of checking transactions for a period against an
> >>> external statement, particularly for new users. The import matcher does
> >>> not
> >>> assign a "reconciled" status to an imported transaction but does set it
> >> as
> >>> "c" cleared. You would not normally be importing transactions in which
> >> the
> >>> splits to the account being imported to are already reconciled, i.e.
> >>> marked
> >>> "y" in a register however this might occur if you are importing records
> >>> separately to a credit and a bank account where there are transfers
> >>> between
> >>> them (credit card payments). In this case the importer would flag the
> >>> record
> >>> not to be imported where there is an exact match to an existing
> >>> transaction.
> >>> AFAIK there is no checking of the reconciliation status of the existing
> >>> transaction in GnuCash in the matching process but I may not yet have
> dug
> >>> deeply enough.
> >>>
> >>> In a discussion with John Ralls and Frank Ellenberger over other
> changes
> >>> to
> >>> the import matcher documentation, I initially proposed "U+M" and "M".
> >> John
> >>> felt "U+C" and "C were more indicative and clearer.
> >>>
> >>> I am raising this here to canvas a wider audience before making the
> >>> changes.
> >>> Please comment here preferrably (or in the bug comments)  if you have
> any
> >>> objections/support  to the proposed change .
> >>>
> >>> As John has suggested this is copied from GnuCash Dev to GnuCash users
> to
> >>> further widen the input.
> >>>
> >>> David Cousens
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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