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

[David Carlson]

Eric,

The 'Append' button is a fairly recently added feature, probably around
release 4.6 or thereabouts. If you are still using an older version perhaps
you should update GnuCash.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:16 PM Jean L <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Again: the "append" check mark in the import dialog appends notes from
> the OFX to the notes you put in instead of replacing them if 'u+c' is
> selected.
>
>
> On 4/29/2022 6:51 PM, Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user wrote:
> > 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
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> *From:* gnucash-user
> >> <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Eric
> >> H. Bowen via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> >> *Sent:* Friday, April 29, 2022 8:09 PM
> >> *To:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> >> *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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