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

[Christopher Lam]

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On Sat, 30 Apr 2022, 9:52 am Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user, <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 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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