[GNC] Feature request: Import assistant, room for big improvements

[David Carlson]

Which import assistant is being discussed here?  The Generic assistant
behind the OFX and QIF imports is quite limited in placing new transactions
into the desired account or in matching incoming transactions to correct
pre-existing transactions, but the new CSV transaction importer is better,
if harder to configure optimally.  Also, I think they all have changed in
recent GnuCash releases, so tell us which release you are currently using.

I doubt that the Generic assistant can be improved very much unless it is
completely rewritten.


On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:26 PM Phyllis Bruce <pobruce46 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 👍
>
>
> > On Jan 15, 2024, at 10:17 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > No, I would call that the description.
> > -derek
> > Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
> >
> >> On January 15, 2024 23:06:07 Phyllis Bruce <pobruce46 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks, David.  I think I am being unclear.  My research provides what
> you
> >> call the transfer account for unmatched items.  That's all good.  It is
> the
> >> memo field which I use to remind me of what I did that is not available
> in
> >> the reconciliation screen.  For instance I want to remember that I paid
> >> Amazon for *smart plugs*, or Sandi paid me $70 for *her share of
> groceries
> >> at Christmas*.  Would you call that the "action"?
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 3:21 PM David Cousens <davidcousens49 at gmail.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ulrich,
> >>>
> >>> There is nothing to stop you supplying the transfer account
> information in
> >>> an
> >>> import record if it is available. There is a header which can be
> assigned
> >>> to the
> >>> appropriate column of your input file for the transfer account.
> >>>
> >>> The first time you import with a given account name in he record you
> will
> >>> be
> >>> asked to specify the internal GnuCash account to which it corresponds.
> >>> After
> >>> that it will be matched to that account.
> >>>
> >>> The Bayesian process only assigns a probable account in cases where the
> >>> import
> >>> record does not specify the  transfer account.
> >>>
> >>> David Cousens
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon, 2024-01-15 at 20:17 +0100, Ulrich Grün wrote:
> >>>> Hello fellow GnuCash users,
> >>>>
> >>>> I wonder if there are plans on improving the import filter, for
> importing
> >>>> bank transfers.
> >>>> The situation now is, that some hidden engine tries to learn from
> doing.
> >>>> But the truth is, that even after one year of importing bank
> transfers, I
> >>>> have to check every single transaction, since errors keep occurring.
> If I
> >>>> miss an error, this transaction is put in the wrong ledger account.
> >>>>
> >>>> E-boekhouden.nl uses an import assistant where you can specify a
> ledger
> >>>> account number, other keywords and/or amounts of money. The import
> >>>> assistant puts the transactions into the right ledger account, with
> far
> >>>> less errors than with GnuCash. In fact, only where a specific keyword,
> >>>> leger number or amount is missing, or where no import rule is made
> for a
> >>>> specific payment, the transaction has to be placed into the right
> general
> >>>> ledger by hand.
> >>>>
> >>>> Have a nice day!
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> नमस्ते (Namasté),
> >>>> Ulrich
> >>>>
> >>>>
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