[GNC] Why do Imported Transactions NEED to be Matched?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

flywire <flywire0 at gmail.com> writes:

> Agree that import works in small chunks (as posted previously). Does that
> response cover any way of getting GUIDs on the data?

The GUIDs are 100% internal to GnuCash and unique per user per object
(account, transaction, etc).  There is no way to add GUIDs to imports,
and even if you did it would never make sense because there is no way
your bank or any other entity would know what GUID to use in your
personal gnucash database.

Just a case in point, even if you and I have the same account name,
e.g. Expenses:Groceries, the GUID in my book and the GUID in your book
would be different.

Having said that, there *ARE* ways to map from textual account name to
GUID, and the CSV and QIF importers already do that to some degree.

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-derek
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