[GNC] automatic reconnaissance of a transaction

[John Ralls]

> On Dec 3, 2019, at 4:16 PM, Joffrey Bienvenue <joffrey.bienvenue at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> When I import transactions from my bank accounts, some transactions, very
> few in fact, are recognized by GnuCash. It used to be better at recognizing
> but I find it's less and less.
> 
> Is there a way to help that "reconnaissance" ?
> 
> Some transactions I am registering are *always* posted in the same category
> (eg. Expenses->Groceries) but it keeps on not being recognized.

The matcher works mostly from descriptions. Have those changed significantly?

There are two things you can do: Always update the matches and from time to time use Tools>Import Match Editor to remove obsolete matches that might lead the match algorithm astray.

If nearly all of your transactions will match descriptions exactly with their predecessors then the non-Bayesian matcher may work better, but in all other cases the Bayesian one will be better in the long run, though it requires more training at the outset to start getting good matches and needs to be maintained by reviewing matches and correcting mismatches *in the matcher* to keep on track. 

Regards,
John Ralls