[GNC] Example of multi-split feature of CSV importer?

[David Carlson]

I would like to add that the generic importer shows the memos of matched
existing transactions rather than the descriptions on the page where
incoming transactions are matched to existing since it better fits the
notion of matching to the base 'split' account.  I presume that the
improved CSV importer follows that behavior.

David Carlson

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 8:35 PM Patrick <plafratt at gmail.com> wrote:

> David, Geert,
>
> Thank you for this helpful guidance. I hope to try this soon.
>
> Regards,
> Patrick
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 5:18 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Op zondag 24 maart 2019 02:47:37 CET schreef David Cousens:
> >
> > > Patrick,
> >
> > >
> >
> > > When the Transaction is opened with the split button, the Description
> > field
> >
> > > name should change to Memo. There are other changes in the headings as
> >
> > > described in the documentation (
> >
> > > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/trans-multi-enter.html
> ).
> > If
> >
> > > my understanding is correct, each split of a transaction has its own
> Memo
> >
> > > field while the Description field is attached to the transaction which
> >
> > > consists of 2 or more splits. The same description should also come up
> if
> >
> > > you open the transaction in another register that there is a split to.
> > You
> >
> > > can enter different information in the Memo field if you wish.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I think the importer matches on the Description field for the
> > transaction by
> >
> > > tokenizing its content and matching to the tokenized forms of the
> >
> > > description field of existing transactions which is weighted along with
> > the
> >
> > > matching of amounts, dates, etc. I don't think the Memo field is
> involved
> >
> > > in matching AFAIK but I haven't checked the code out to see. Geert may
> be
> >
> > > able to comment on that as he is more familiar with the code than I am.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > I think you can specify the Memo field in the multisplit format as well
> > as
> >
> > > the Description field. I am away from home at the moment so I can't
> check
> >
> > > for sure.
> >
> > >
> >
> > > David
> >
> >
> >
> > That explains it very well indeed.
> >
> >
> >
> > In short: transactions have a description, splits have a memo. If you
> want
> > each individual split to have some descriptive information, you can add
> > this in the memo field (which is also supported by the importer). If you
> > want the whole transaction to have some descriptive information, you can
> > add this in the transaction's description field.
> >
> >
> >
> > And as David says, the csv importer will use the description field (and
> > all other transaction related fields) to determine transaction
> boundaries.
> > As the memo fields is a related to splits its contents will not affect
> this
> > boundary detection.
> >
> >
> >
> > Geert
> >
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David Carlson