[GNC] Changing account numbers?

[Dan Rawson]

   David -
   Thanks - this worked like a charm.
   One note; when I imported the transactions into the new account (the
   first time), the account was created as a "Liability" type, rather than
   a "Credit Card" type (which is what all my other cards are).  Until I
   changed the type, I couldn't move the transactions to one of the other
   cards during account deletion; it only offered to move them to one of
   the "Liability" type accounts.
   Dan
   On 2/18/19 4:01 PM, David Carlson wrote:

   Dan,
   Some financial institutions separate the account number from the card
   number so this issue does not come up.
   It is fortunate,in a way, that your bank did it that way instead.  It
   makes it a pain but relatively easy to fix in Gnucash.  I would enter a
   dummy transaction in that register noting the date, old account number
   and new account number, just for future reference when the details are
   getting fuzzy in your memory.
   Now create a backup of your data file and a new copy as well.  Open the
   copy.
   On the next OFX import GnuCash will ask you if you want use an existing
   account or to create a new account.  Say yes to new account and let it
   import the transactions, save the file.  Then delete the newly created
   account.  You can either delete the transactions because you will
   import them again in the next step, or you can let Gnucash move them to
   the old account.
   Repeat the OFX import.  Now, with no account matching the new account
   number GnuCash will again ask whether to use an existing account or to
   create a new account.  Now it is possible to match the old existing
   account to the new OFX account number.  Complete importing the
   transactions.
   Once you are happy with the results you can save the data file as your
   main file so you do not use the copy again.
   David Carlson

   On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 1:42 PM Dan Rawson <[1]drawson1 at earthlink.net>
   wrote:

        I have a VISA account with my bank where the number has changed
     (the
        bank replaced the card).  The latest downloaded transactions
     obviously
        have a different account ID in the OFX file; is there any way to
        persuade GnuCash to treat this a all part of the same account?
        Currently, if I try to import the OFX, the transaction matcher
     doesn't
        find anything . . .
        A scan through the doc/wiki/faq didn't turn up a solution :-(
        I can obviously set up a second account, but that's not ideal
     from my
        point of view, and it's not how the bank treats the account; all
     the
        transactions both before and after the card swap are part of one
        account as far as they are concerned.
        Thanks in advance . . .
        Dan
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