I am fine with baby steps before GnuCash is ready for true database access. Let's remove the word reconciliation from the import process.
David Carlson On Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 11:31 AM David T. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Indeed. I ask myself, "which character do I see after invoking this > option?" It isn't "R"--it is "C." > > Furthermore, the imported transaction isn't "Reconciled," it is > "Cleared." You still have to reconcile it. > > As for changing the Reconcile value to "R," well, that goes a little > further down the path, and leads me logically to the thought that the > field should then be renamed "Status." At this point, it feels like > we're beginning to stray from the broader (as in beyond GnuCash) > community terminological consensus. And we're making a lot of work for > programmers and documentationers. > > David > > On 8/6/2019 4:29 PM, Fross, Michael wrote: > > I agree as well. This was confusing to me when I started. > > > > I also think instead of putting a ???Y??? in the reconciled column in > the > > register, I would put a ???R???. > > > > Michael > > > > On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 9:46 PM Robin Chattopadhyay <robinra...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > >> +1 > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 7:53 PM David Cousens <davidcous...@bigpond.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> I have raised bugs in the > >>> code(https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797338) and > documentation > >>> (https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797337) proposing changing > the > >>> "U+R" and "R" tags in the import main matcher to "U+C" and "C" where > the > >>> curent use of R refers to the term reconciliation. The use of the term > >>> reconciliation in this context may cause some confusion with the > >>> reconciliation process of checking transactions for a period against an > >>> external statement, particularly for new users. The import matcher does > >>> not > >>> assign a "reconciled" status to an imported transaction but does set it > >> as > >>> "c" cleared. You would not normally be importing transactions in which > >> the > >>> splits to the account being imported to are already reconciled, i.e. > >>> marked > >>> "y" in a register however this might occur if you are importing records > >>> separately to a credit and a bank account where there are transfers > >>> between > >>> them (credit card payments). In this case the importer would flag the > >>> record > >>> not to be imported where there is an exact match to an existing > >>> transaction. > >>> AFAIK there is no checking of the reconciliation status of the existing > >>> transaction in GnuCash in the matching process but I may not yet have > dug > >>> deeply enough. > >>> > >>> In a discussion with John Ralls and Frank Ellenberger over other > changes > >>> to > >>> the import matcher documentation, I initially proposed "U+M" and "M". > >> John > >>> felt "U+C" and "C were more indicative and clearer. > >>> > >>> I am raising this here to canvas a wider audience before making the > >>> changes. > >>> Please comment here preferrably (or in the bug comments) if you have > any > >>> objections/support to the proposed change . > >>> > >>> As John has suggested this is copied from GnuCash Dev to GnuCash users > to > >>> further widen the input. > >>> > >>> David Cousens > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- > >>> David Cousens > >>> -- > >>> Sent from: > >> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. 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