[GNC] reconciling specific credit cards in an account

[David Carlson]

I bet it is one of those banks that begins with the letter 'C'.  I have
that problem too.  I have to rely on timing and amount to differentiate,
and GnuCash is not good with using amounts to differentiate.

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:30 AM scum buster <scumbuster at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> No, I don't use debit cards.
>
> The issue is that one bank services a few of my credit cards.   And the
> downloads show them all the same ---  "bankname online payment" with no
> differentiation of what specific credit card account that line item is for.
>
> Gnucash doesn't show any other info than that upon reconciling, probably
> because the bank doesn't provide it.
>
> My only other solution would be to have only one credit card per bank
> name...then it's a no brainer which credit card account goes with what.
>
> But that's not practical for me.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Layman [mailto:john.layman at laymanandlayman.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:56 PM
> To: 'scum buster'; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: RE: [GNC] reconciling specific credit cards in an account
>
> Sounds like you are confusing your bank account debit card with a credit
> card.  They may look the same, but the debit card will directly draw funds
> from the checking account.  If you are having to enter a PIN number when
> you
> use that card, it's almost certainly a debit card.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=ieee.org at gnucash.org>
> On Behalf Of scum buster
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:03 PM
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] reconciling specific credit cards in an account
>
> I have been using Gnucash for years......currently version 3.7.  I very
> much
> appreciate the program.....I used quicken for years til I started using
> Gnucash.
>
> Have never used this forum before, so I hope I don't screw this up. LOL
>
> I am not a Gnucash expert....I know I do some things wrong but I get by....
>
> One thing I always seem to have issues with (I am sure it is user
> error).....is with my checking account and credit card charges that come
> through that account
>
> I download my checking account data as a quicken file and "import" that.
>
> I have a few credit cards with one company.  The charges come through as "
> bankname online payment" when they hit my checking account.
>
> That would be fine if I had only one credit card with that bank.
>
> But with a few different cards, I have issues trying to get them to
> auto-reconcile correctly and end up having to manually add the items and
> manually pick the right account......and that ends up making duplicate
> charges somehow.
>
> What is the right way to set things up so that Gnucash knows what credit
> card account is being referenced when the charges hit my checking account?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user
> [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+scumbuster=comcast.net at gnucash.org] On Behalf
> Of gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org
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> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
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David Carlson