[GNC] QFX import: transaction matching NOT learning to match

[David H]

David,

When you say "by assigning the accounts manually" what do you mean?  I did
see a posting a few months ago that said you have to assign the accounts
during the import process so the importer learns what account the txn is to
go to.  If you are assigning manually after the import process is finished
the importer is never going to learn and you'll have to keep doing it
yourself.

Cheers DAvid H.

On Fri, 5 Nov 2021 at 10:15, David Mintz <david at davidmintz.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am running Version: 3.8 Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) and when I import a
> QFX, nearly all the transactions are assigned to "Imbalanced" even though I
> have gone through multiple iterations of trying to teach GC to recognize
> transactions by assigning the accounts manually. I have seen earlier
> postings about this, but the most detailed discussions were serveral years
> ago, and the most recent says, in substance, "just keep trying". I hesitate
> to do that because I fear it's a fool's errand. How many times do I need to
> tell it "Stop & Shop" belongs to Expenses:groceries?
>
> One strange detail:  I tend to neglect my financial record-keeping for
> months at a time, but as I recall, I was not having this problem a few
> months ago. It seems to be a case of *it used to work but now it doesn't.*
>
> I've read that it may be that it thinks "Imbalanced" is the answer, and
> cannot unlearn. Is there a any way to wipe the slate clean, so to speak,
> and force GC to start over so?
>
> I've also seen that people have written Perl scripts to run against their
> data files and yeah, I could try that -- but I'd much prefer to get GnuCash
> to work properly without having to intervene this way.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Gratefully,
>
> David
>
>
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