[GNC] Import issue

[David Carlson]

You forgot to cc to users.  I did it for you this time.

My point was that, like the OP, sometimes GnuCash does not present the
correct, or any existing transaction to match an incoming transaction to
during the import, so the only option left is to import as new.
There is no option to create a match to an arbitrary existing transaction
that GnuCash did not offer.

This is a sticky wicket anyway, because there is always the possibilty of
many very similar existing transactions to choose from in some cases.

For OFX imports there is the extra possibility that the UUID may have been
previously used or re-used inadvertantly,  but I know I see a few cases
where that is not the reason that there is no match offered.



On Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 1:30 PM Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:

> In case you didn’t see the email, for " In those cases I just import the
> transaction unmatched, but It would be nice to have a way to force those
> matches." you'll need to set the transaction as either 'U+C' or 'C' and
> then double-clicking that transaction will bring up 'Select matching
> existing transaction' window where you can set the correct match.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2023 11:01 PM
> To: Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Import issue
>
> Gyle,
>
> I have sometimes had GnuCash fail to match transactions with equal amounts
> and dates.  I do not know why but I suspect either there is insufficient
> matching text in the description or there is a different reason blocking
> the match.  In those cases I just import the transaction unmatched, but It
> would be nice to have a way to force those matches.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 5:51 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm importing a credit card statement and matching to transactions
> > already entered.  I have a transaction recorded on 11/08/2023 that was
> > processed by the credit card company on 11/12/2023, 4 days later.  It
> > is not matching with the entered transaction even though the amount is
> > identical.  I've looked at the preferences for importing and attached
> > a screenshot.  I don't know what I'm doing wrong.  Is there a way to
> > select the item in the import screen and tell it to match to the
> 11/08/2023 transaction?
> >
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
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