[GNC] Manual Documentation - Import CSV

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

The term "Import Account" is itself confusing to me, and perhaps a bit devilish. 

I assume that it's meant to refer to the account that is common to all the transactions (David's Checking Account, say). But this idea is murky at best when each transaction involves at least one other account-- and gets truly confusing when discussing complex transaction imports. I suspect that's why the original text uses "import or base account".

This can easily be cleared up by placing an explanatory definition at the beginning of the section:

The term "Import Account" will be used to refer to the account that is common to all the transactions in the csv file, typically the account from which the transactions in the csv file originated. 

Or some such...

⁣David T. ​

On Nov 10, 2025, 1:37 AM, at 1:37 AM, flywire <flywire0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Let's not include any devils.
>
>Three things could be clarified in
>https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html#trans-import-csv
>:
>
>   -
>
>   whether the CSV import file uses single-account format, where each
>row is a full transaction imported into one account, or multi-account
>format, where each row represents part of a transaction and specifies
>its own account
>
>   -
>
>   distinguishing the Account shown in the importer from the Account
>shown in the file grid (where I'm suggesting Importer form label
>changes)
>
>   - using the term "Import Account" consistently instead of "import or
>   base account"
>
>Regards
>
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