John, GnuCash is designed to remember those choices after the first import. Sometimes the choices vary, but GnuCash always proposes a choice and gives you a chance to override it.
David C On Fri, Oct 26, 2018, 4:20 PM John A Brown <johnbrowngreybe...@gmail.com> wrote: > gnuCash successfully imports OFX file from my bank. There is nothing in the > OFX file to indicate what accounts to post to. The resulting checking > account register has two lines for each transaction, a deposit and a > withdrawal, a debit and credit. > > I want to perform a programming edit to the file before importing that will > label the accounts I want to effect with each transaction import. > > QUESTIONS: > What is the xml tag for Asset:Current Assets:Checking Account? > What is the xml tag for Expenses:UPS Shipping? > > The transaction listing AS IS is as follows: > <STMTTRN> > <TRNTYPE>DEBIT > <DTPOSTED>20180905120000 > <TRNAMT>-72.36 > <FITID>8904938 > <NAME>U. P. S. UPS BILL XXXXX0000X96W0 > <MEMO>U. P. S. UPS BILL XXXXX0000X96W00 > </STMTTRN> > > My expectation is transaction listing: > <STMTTRN> > <TRNTYPE>DEBIT > <DTPOSTED>20180905120000 > <TRNAMT>-72.36 > <FITID>8904938 > <NAME>U. P. S. UPS BILL XXXXX0000X96W0 > <MEMO>U. P. S. UPS BILL XXXXX0000X96W00 > <ACCOUNT>Expenses:UPS Shipping > </STMTTRN> > would do the trick as long as <ACCOUNT> is the correct xml tag. > > I can get QIF files to do what I want but I would prefer to use OFX. I DO > APPRECIATE OPEN SOURCE! > > Thank you for your help. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
