[GNC] OFX import, wrong base account

[Jean Laroche]

Have you tried using Tools/Import Map Editor (in the tools menu)?
Select "Online" on the far right to change or remove OFX import account 
associations. Find the wrong one and remove it.
Jean

On 8/18/20 10:36 AM, brad wrote:
> 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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