[GNC] Memorized Transaction List

[David Carlson]

That is an incredibly useful tidbit!!!!!   Thanks.

David Carlson

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 7:40 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > IIRC, the qif importer is (or was, in the 2.6.x series) somewhat clunky
> > when it came upon an unknown 'other' account or category.  It may have
> > needed a nudge to place it correctly into the account tree.  I don't
> think
> > it dumped everything into some imbalance file without giving the user a
> > chance make a better choice.  Fo me, I last used that feature about a
> > decade ago, so I could be wrong.
>
> The QIF import did lazy account creation -- it would only touch your
> actual account tree at the end, after you click "Finish".   The Generic
> Importer, however, will make account modifications enroute, including
> creating new accounts.
>
> For QIF, new accounts wont get properly mapped into the tree, so you
> either need to pre-create the gnucash account and map it in the
> importer, or you need to modify the QIF to read, e.g.:
>
> LExpenses:Groceries
>
> instead of:
>
> LGroceries
>
> to properly place it in the tree.
>
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> -derek
>
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