David & Geert, Thanks for the explanation!
While I haven’t had the need (yet) to use the importer, I agree that U+M/M would be more clear. Regards, Adrien > On Aug 7, 2019, at 7:01 AM, David Cousens <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Adrien, > > Even if it has been reconciled in another program I think you would want to > check the reconciliation to make sure the importer had imported everything > completely. The reconciliation process should be very quick if the import > has been correct. > > I think as Geert mentoins in another post, GnuCash data can be exported with > the reconcilation status and in that case one might want to import the > reconcilation status. Eg if shifting historical records to another book to > keep the file size small for those who do that. The purpose of the U+R and R > in the import matcher itself is really to indicate the satus of the match > and AFAIK it doesn't even use the reconciled status information in a > transaction in the matching process, at least in the code I have looked > through so far. > > It was why I initially proposed U+M and M as an alternative to make clear > that it really is the status of the match and nothing to do with the actual > reconciliataion status of the transaction. Even using "U+C" and "C" in the > importer could in principle lead new users to confusing the status of the > match with the reconciliation status. In the case where the status of an > imported transaction was reconciled, it may make some sense to override the > "c" setting on import. But since reconciliation is about checking the data > in the book it is being imported to, I personally would prefer that it be > imported as cleared and then set to reconciled in a proper reconciliation > process not the import process which might contain errors. > > Another option could be to have an option to either import or ignore the > reconciliation status on import if it exists in the import as a future > enhancement. > > David Cousens _______________________________________________ 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.
