Yes yes, I am talking about having to assign the accounts during the import process in the matching window. I understand that that is the point in the workflow where you have to do this. That's how I've been doing it -- over and over.
--- David Mintz https://davidmintz.org Capitalism has failed. https://wsws.org On Thu, Nov 4, 2021, at 8:24 PM, Jean Laroche wrote: > Make sure you do the assignment during the matching, in the matching > window. Not after matching is all done in the registry (in which case GC > does not learn anything). > > Jean > > On 11/4/21 5:13 PM, David Mintz wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am running Version: 3.8 Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) and when I import a >> QFX, nearly all the transactions are assigned to "Imbalanced" even though I >> have gone through multiple iterations of trying to teach GC to recognize >> transactions by assigning the accounts manually. I have seen earlier >> postings about this, but the most detailed discussions were serveral years >> ago, and the most recent says, in substance, "just keep trying". I hesitate >> to do that because I fear it's a fool's errand. How many times do I need to >> tell it "Stop & Shop" belongs to Expenses:groceries? >> >> One strange detail: I tend to neglect my financial record-keeping for >> months at a time, but as I recall, I was not having this problem a few >> months ago. It seems to be a case of *it used to work but now it doesn't.* >> >> I've read that it may be that it thinks "Imbalanced" is the answer, and >> cannot unlearn. Is there a any way to wipe the slate clean, so to speak, and >> force GC to start over so? >> >> I've also seen that people have written Perl scripts to run against their >> data files and yeah, I could try that -- but I'd much prefer to get GnuCash >> to work properly without having to intervene this way. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Gratefully, >> >> David >> >> >> --- >> David Mintz >> https://davidmintz.org >> Capitalism has failed. https://wsws.org >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
