[GNC] OFX import, wrong base account

[brad]

I'm still looking for ideas on this.   I'm comfortable unzipping the gc 
file and tweaking with a text editor if that's what needs to be done.


On 8/10/20 1:52 PM, brad wrote:
> I tried to import an OFX from a different institution, a credit card 
> this time, it was a bank last time.   It used the same account as the 
> Source Account.
> I tried a trick I found on the list from a decade ago, delete the 
> account, and move all transaction to a new account.  No go.   Now it 
> seemed to randomly pick another account as the Source Account.
>
> On 8/10/20 12:57 PM, brad wrote:
>> I'm running my 1st OFX import since updating to 3.8 and the ofx 
>> import is going to the wrong base (source) account.    How do I 
>> change that??
>> I see this in the help
>> *|"GnuCash|* then opens an Account Selection dialog to select an 
>> account in your CoA to match to an account name in the import file. 
>> Select the appropriate account from the account tree and press the 
>> *OK* button. On subsequent import of files from the same source 
>> account, the mapped *|GnuCash|* account is remembered and the account 
>> selection dialog is not displayed."
>> But that doesn't help me reset it.
>>
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