[GNC] Wildcard matching on import

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Sat Feb 20 12:25:42 EST 2021


I don't know what "rules" you are talking about.  The importers either use 
string matching or tokenized bayesian matching.  There is no glob or regex 
matching.

-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
On February 20, 2021 11:50:15 AM Paul Harmsworth <paul at harmsworth.com> wrote:
> 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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