[GNC] OXF/QFX import overwrites Description and Notes fields

[Greg Feneis]

It does remain entirely possible that I've been doing it wrong ;-)




Kind regards,

Greg Feneis <http://www.linkedin.com/in/electromechanical>




On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 5:23 AM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That is indeed strange in release 2.6.21
> In releases 2.6.19 one one of my linux machines and 3.8 on another linux
> machine the matcher will only overwrite the description and notes if I
> select Update.
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 6:47 AM Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've seen this too.
>> I'm on GnuCash 2.6.21 (Win7&10), and I believe I get that same behavior.
>> Appears the matcher recognizes a matching transaction and "corrects" the
>> transaction in GnuCash to conform to the transaction from the FI data
>> being
>> imported.
>>
>> Kind regards, Greg Feneis
>> (Pixel 3)
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2020, 18:18 Richard De Vriese <richard.devriese at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > When I import transactions from my bank using OXF file format the
>> > Description and Notes fields keep getting overwritten. I've verified
>> that
>> > only the C column is checked in the import window--A and U+C are
>> > unchecked--but the fields still get overwritten with the data from my
>> bank
>> > rather than retaining the values I entered directly into GnuCash. I'm
>> using
>> > GnuCash 4.2 (build 4.2+ (2020-09-26) on a Windows 10 PC with the latest
>> > Windows updates installed. Any help or advice would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Many Thanks
>> > --
>> > Rick
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