It's been a while since I imported transactions, but I seem to recall there being a point where you could tell the matcher to (R)econcile or (U)pdate the existing entry. Choosing R should set the transaction to cleared and leave your manually-entered data intact.
Now, why that matcher defaults to overwriting your manually entered data is an entirely different question that always mystified me. Seems ass backward to me. David T. -------- Original Message -------- From: David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> Sent: Sat Apr 11 20:50:38 GMT+05:30 2020 To: "Eric H. Bowen" <e...@ehbowen.net> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Keeping Imported Transactions from Overwriting Data? In cases where I don't want GnuCash to overwrite existing transaction with an imported one, I set the imported transactions as new. I try to assign the correct account if I know it. This creates a duplicate so I need to manually match them up and delete the ones that I don't want later. On Sat, Apr 11, 2020, 10:12 AM Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I've been using GnuCash for my personal finances, and I've noticed one > annoying problem. When I write a paper check, I put the payee's name and > associate information in the "Description" and "Notes" field. But, when > I import transactions from my credit union (usually with QFX) prior to > reconciling, the data I entered is overwritten with "PAID CHECK > 0000XXXX" and "OFX ext. info: |Trans type:Check|Memo:Paid Check > 000000XXXX", which is sorta less than helpful when I'm attempting to > identify transactions later. For personal transactions I can usually > reconstruct the data by going online, but it's a pain. > > I'm concerned, though, because I'm wanting to implement GnuCash for our > church's bookkeeping. I haven't yet tried downloading from our church's > bank, but if it overwrites information, especially deposit information > which we will use to keep track of offerings and contributions, it could > be a disaster. Is there any way of still downloading to match and clear > transactions, but to keep the download from overwriting manually entered > data? > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
