[GNC] Transactions imported from the file assigned to wrong account

Aleksandar Kocic akocic11 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 21 19:56:42 EDT 2021


It is QFX.

I understand the process; however, it doesn't work. All the files are
assigned to the same account with no questions asked.

Is there a way to remove this association and start fresh?

On Mon., Jun. 21, 2021, 6:06 p.m. Jim DeLaHunt, <list+gnucash at jdlh.com>
wrote:

> Aleksandar:
>
> Which file format are you importing?  The UI and procedure are slightly
> different for each one. I am most familiar with OFX file import, and
> secondarily with CSV file import.
>
> At the beginning of the import process, there is a step when GnuCash has
> you designate which GnuCash account should receive the transactions you
> are importing. For OFX format files, GnuCash can then remember a
> correspondence between the account number in the OFX file and the
> GnuCash account which receives the transaction, and it doesn't need to
> ask you the next time that you import.
>
> Have you read through the GnuCash Guide documentation about file import?
> <
> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/importing-from-files.html#importing-ofx
> >
>
> Best regards,
>
>      —Jim DeLaHunt
>
> On 2021-06-21 13:17, Aleksandar Kocic wrote:
> > I download the file from the bank's site and manually import it.
> >
> > I can see the account number in the file. However, for whatever reason,
> the
> > application chooses another account and it seems that cannot be changed.
> >
> >
> > On Mon., Jun. 21, 2021, 3:55 p.m. John Ralls, <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> On Jun 21, 2021, at 12:08 PM, Aleksandar Kocic <akocic11 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi there,
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to import transactions downloaded from the bank. However,
> >> since
> >>> I have multiple accounts with the same institution, the transactions
> are
> >>> assigned to an already existing account.
> >>>
> >>> How do I select the account I want to use for importing transactions?
> >> How are you doing the import and doesn't the bank include the bank
> account
> >> number?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> John Ralls
> >>
> >>
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