That sounds like https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798208 <https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798208>, which is fixed in GnuCash 4.8.
Regards, John Ralls > On Oct 3, 2021, at 9:19 AM, Robin Chattopadhyay <robinra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, I'm familiar with that issue as well as my spouse's 401K OFX has fee > transactions where shares are sold to pay plan expenses, but those > transactions appear only as cash withdrawals and the sale transactions do > not get imported. > > That one doesn't bother me as much because it's one transaction per month > vs 9 every two weeks. > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2021 at 11:04 AM Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> wrote: > >> The issues that you are seeing I believe has to do with changes that OFX >> introduced in libofx which has been included since 4.5 and above version of >> GnuCash. FWIW, I am running on Windows 10 Pro desktop but that likely >> doesn't matter when it comes to core functionality. >> >> I also had problems where some of transactions would not get imported in >> from an OFX file and these transactions I deduced from trial and error are >> specifically if they are related to deposit and withdrawal of cash in Stock >> or Mutual Fund account. I am not sure if this is the behavior on your end >> or >> not but it sounds like it. This might be because libofx author may have >> changed philosophy and its implementation where cash in and out are not >> considered investment transactions such as buy and sell of a stock, bond, >> mutual fund, etc. >> >> Because of that I have stayed at GnuCash 4.4 (specifically Build ID: >> 4.4+(2020-12-28) for Windows) which I have known to properly import >> brokerage created OFX files for import. I've reached out to the author of >> libofx for understanding and I am still waiting to hear back from them. >> >> It may be worth a shot to install that version and see if it imports OFX >> correctly. If you have a blank file then it should ask for appropriate >> input >> via dialogue box such as creation of "securities", corresponding >> "brokerage" >> account, etc. You can then go back and edit those "security" and enable >> download of prices using Finance::Quote Perl module with yahoo_jason as the >> source for it if you want to automate it. >> >> For FWIW, GnuCash 4.5 on windows used to crash when 'Actions' --> 'Check & >> Repair' --> 'Check & Repair All' would be selected to run which I do now >> and >> then to make sure that my xml based file is in good shape (this is carry >> over habit from Quicken as it was known to corrupt files). >> >> This may not be the answer you are looking for but hope this helps a bit. >> >> Kalpesh... >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 10:58:44 -0500 >> From: Robin Chattopadhyay <robinra...@gmail.com> >> To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> Subject: [GNC] OFX Import with Investment Transactions >> Message-ID: >> <CACYeXFv+kFMZqDqB2czLz_tT9Z8= >> 7jjed1oqxw_jpqssxjx...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (VMWare virtual machine in case that matters) Gnucash 4.8 >> libofx 0.9.15 >> >> I tried importing an OFX file from my 401K provider this morning and I got >> a >> message box that said it had imported 2 transactions for a single security >> in the file and there were no additional transactions to process. >> This was incorrect as there were 18 new transactions across nine securities >> (along with a number of other transactions that had already been imported >> previously). >> >> I tried a number of things to resolve (after taking a backup, of course): >> 1 - Tools > Import Map Editor and deleted all of the associations for this >> file. When I re-imported, I was prompted to map each security in the file >> to >> the correct account. No issues there. But when importing the OFX file >> again, >> I had the same experience as described above >> 2 - Created a blank file and attempted to import the file there. Through >> the >> import process, I created new securities and new accounts, nothing >> unexpected there. Then the generic transaction importer dialog popped up, >> but with just the two transactions for the same security cited in the >> original problem dialog. I imported those, clicked OK and then the generic >> transaction importer dialog came up *again* but only with transactions for >> a >> single, different security. I imported those and repeated the process for >> each security with transactions in the file. Each time the generic >> transaction importer dialog came up, it only had transactions for a single >> security. This is definitely new behavior that I didn't see in 4.6. >> Previously the import dialog had all the new transactions in the file >> 3 - Reverted to 4.7. Crashed when selecting Import from the File menu >> (Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped). Not unexpected, but thought I would >> try anyway. >> 4 - Reverted to 4.6. This works as it used to with all the new transactions >> in a single dialog >> >> Finally, I don't know if this matters, but I scanned stdout from the >> build/make/install process to see if anything looked obviously wrong and I >> found this (I don't know if it's relevant): >> >> -- Performing Test HAVE_OFX_BUG_39 >> -- Performing Test HAVE_OFX_BUG_39 - Failed >> >> Thanks, >> Robin >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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