[GNC] Transaction Import

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 3/1/20 7:32 PM, Stu Perlman wrote:
> Thank You, David.
>
> I'll have to look into what Citi allows (or not).  I don't recall seeing
> categories in their OFX feed but then again, I was not looking for them!
>
> - Stu


You have to scroll down in the download screen to see the OFX/QFX option.

>
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 6:21 PM David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Stu,
>>
>> You can disable the Bayesian matching  with Edit->Preferences->Online
>> Banking and uncheck the use bayesian matching chceckbox. I doubt if this
>> removes existing Bayesian data from your data file but it shouldn't then
>> be
>> used in processing further imports.  You can manually delete it with th
>> Tools->Import Match Editor if you wish. I don't know whether the token
>> data
>> from imports is still accumulated with that option unchecked. I suspect
>> not,
>> but haven't actually checked the code out
>>
>> The Import Match window does allow you to review each transaction before
>> importing. While it is displayed, the transactions marked for importing are
>> also provisionally displayed in the appropriate account register which can
>> be accessed normally to examine the data in the format usually encountered
>> (wouldn't edit them in the register though as any changes will be
>> overwritten when you complete the import the data). It would be nicer if
>> these were flagged in some way as provisional to distinguish them clearly
>> from transactions already fully imported to GnuCash but it usually obvious
>> from the dates.
>>
>> In the Import Matcher editor if you look at the non-Bayesian data that
>> should give you account name mappings used in from source transaction data
>> and the GnuCash internal account they are mapped on to. There is no edit
>> capability there though. I think these are set initially when a new
>> external account is encountered in import data with no existing mapping
>> onto
>> the GnuCash internal accounts and a dialog to assign an account is brought
>> up.
>>
>> The only way AFAIK to force a particular account to be assigned as the
>> transfer account is to specify the Account name in the import data
>> explicitly and then the above mentioned mapping will take place. My bank
>> attaches expense categories to my downloaded OFX files which I can setup in
>> their web interface and they assign particular transactions to them on the
>> basis of  my initial assignments. GnuCash's Bayesian matcher recognizes
>> those categories and match them onto specific intenal accounts fairly well.
>> unfortunately not all banks either do this or do it well.
>>
>> David Cousens
>>
>> David Cousens
>>

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