[GNC] Trouble Changing Imported Descriptions

[R Losey]

It's issues like this that have made me wary of importing transactions;
doing them manually doesn't take that much longer.


On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 2:54 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> I have seen the exact same behavior, and find it more than just an
> annoyance. This arbitrary reversion to different text strings can result in
> flawed and erroneous data entering your books--including entering
> transactions into placeholder (i.e., read-only) accounts.
> ⁣
> David T.​
>
> On May 5, 2023, 03:30, at 03:30, Paul Kroitor <paul at kroitor.ca> wrote:
> >This is part 2 of a two-part question about imported transactions.
> >
> >
> >
> >My bank invariably imports transactions in barely readable technical
> >jargon.
> >For example, a debit card purchase at Villeneuve & Sons comes into the
> >Aqbanking importer as:
> >
> >
> >
> >"[PR]L. VILLENEUVE &"
> >
> >
> >
> >My problem is that it's nearly impossible to correct this description
> >to
> >"Villeneuve". I can type V, Vi, or even Villeneuve into the description
> >and,
> >upon pressing enter, it will jump back to the original description
> >(because,
> >apparently, that string is in the original version of the field,
> >despite in
> >being in a different case). Even typing Villeneuve<space> doesn't work.
> >The
> >only way it will retain my lower-case version is if I type
> >Villeneuve<space><space>, which it will keep (because Villeneuve
> >followed
> >two spaces is not in the original).
> >
> >
> >
> >I understand why Gnucash needs to consider Villeneuve and VILLENEUVE as
> >being the same entry, but not why it can't see that a manual override
> >to
> >"Villeneuve" should be reverted back to "[PR]L. VILLENEUVE &". There
> >must be
> >a way to say I want to enter my own version of the name!
> >
> >
> >
> >This is driving me crazy!
> >
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