[GNC] Wildcard matching on import

[Paul Harmsworth]

Hi,
It doesn't support editing the rules yet I can do that directly in the dB...
So I am wondering if properly escaped * in the DB will perhaps work.
This lack of user control of rules is a serious product limitation.
Regards
Paul

On Sat, 20 Feb 2021, 17:14 Derek Atkins, <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Sorry,
> Gnucash does not support wildcard matching for import mapping.
>
> -derek
> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>
> On February 20, 2021 11:11:19 AM Paul Harmsworth <paul at harmsworth.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> Interesting but I want to be able to use wild cards. I can edit the
>> gnucash
>> db and I want something like *zork*
>>
>> Doe anyone know how this can be done?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Sat, 20 Feb 2021, 16:36 David Carlson, <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Paul,
>>>
>>> You might look at <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bayes> for a start.  I
>>> am not sure if this page has been updated for the changes that were made
>>> when GnuCash added a way to edit the matching criteria. For general
>>> concept
>>> I would Google "Bayesian Matching"
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 7:50 AM Paul Harmsworth <paul at harmsworth.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I love Gnucash and have used it often. But, the lack of easy end user
>>>> control of matching rules is annoying.
>>>>
>>>> Whilst I can easily edit the matching lines in the xml DB. I cannot
>>>> figure
>>>> out how to do wildcard matching. Is it possible to use some kind of
>>>> escape
>>>> chars in the xml to force wildcard matching?
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Paul
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