[GNC] Feature Request/Workaround Info: Preserve "Notes" Field?

[Eric H. Bowen]

Gyle,

I do this when I remember, especially with regard to checks. But I've 
still had data overwritten later when I imported data, the import 
brought in data which I had already entered, and I neglected to go 
through the whole list and change everything to 'c'. I still think that 
a settings switch which preserves the 'Notes' field by default when 
importing data would be a worthwhile addition----Eric.

On 4/29/22 20:18, Gyle McCollam wrote:
> Eric,
> I know you probably tried this , but when you are importing Are you 
> checking the "c" box and not the "u+c" box.  The "c" only clears, 
> whereas the "u+c" UPDATES and clears.
>
> Thank You,
> *Gyle McCollam*
>
> Gyle McCollam
>
> 609.680.2326Mobile
>
> gmccollam at live.com <mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>email
>
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> *Subject:* [GNC] Feature Request/Workaround Info: Preserve "Notes" Field?
> There is an issue which has been bugging me for some time with regard to
> OFX/QFX imports: At least from my credit cards/financial institution,
> when data is imported it overwrites the existing data in both the
> "Description" and the "Notes" field...and, nine times out of ten, the
> QFX "Notes" field is essentially a rehash of the "Description" field.
>
> I like to leave transaction identification information in the "Notes"
> field so that months later (Tax time!) I can recall the exact purpose of
> a purchase without having to do a search through my email logs or PayPal
> transactions in order to identify what that eBay purchase was actually
> for. But at present any information I put there gets overwritten unless
> I remember to manually re-enter it after the transaction clears when I
> do an import from my financial institution.
>
> I'd like to have a switch somewhere in "Settings" where you could
> customize the QFX (and possibly QIF, although I don't use that much)
> import so that if the Notes field is non-blank it does not get
> overwritten by the imported data. Perhaps there already is such a switch
> and I've just missed it; if so could someone enlighten me? Otherwise I'd
> like to make this a formal feature request; how do I go about doing that?
>
> --------Eric H. Bowen
>
>
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