[GNC] Issues Recognizing Account Names When Importing CSV into GnuCash

[Adrien Monteleone]

If I'm not mistaken, you should only have to do this once per account. 
Now, combining this with your other question, there is reason #2 to 
break this into smaller import chunks. You don't want to have to 
manually assign those in a large quantity in a single pass.

Regards,
Adrien

On 10/7/23 12:01 AM, Gio Bacareza wrote:
> I'm experiencing difficulties when importing a CSV file into GnuCash,
> particularly when the file contains both "Account" and "Target Account"
> columns. Despite meticulously encoding the account names in the CSV to
> match the exact account names as they appear in GnuCash (e.g.,
> “Asset:Cash”), the software does not seem to automatically recognize and
> match these names during the import process.
> 
> Instead, GnuCash prompts me to manually match the account names through its
> import wizard every time, which is unexpected and inconvenient. For
> instance, even if the CSV file contains the precise name “Asset:Cash”,
> GnuCash still requires manual intervention to match the names correctly.
> 
> Is there a specific reason for this issue, or am I possibly making an error
> during the import process? I would appreciate any insight or advice on how
> to streamline this process and ensure GnuCash recognizes account names from
> the CSV file automatically.
>