We might need a bit more info to give a useful answer. But just to be sure:
- The FITID of the transactions in the OFX file are all different,
right? That's an absolute requirement, not just within a single OFX
file, but from ofx to ofx, the FITID is supposed to identify one and
only 1 transaction. If you re-download the same transaction the FITID is
supposed to be the same as the first time you downloaded it. GC uses
this to know which transactions have already been matched when it looks
at an imported OFX file.
- Is the problem that you have similar transactions in your register
(that you've entered manually) with the same amount and close dates?
It's not impossible that GC is a bit confused because it finds 2 or more
transactions in your register than seem to match 1 or more transactions
in your OFX. In other words, GC does not have a way to figure out which
OFX transaction should be matched with which transaction in your
register if everything is very similar between them.
I must say I've never run into this issue, so I don't know for a fact
what GC does in that case.
J
On 12/30/2022 5:36 PM, Simon Roberts wrote:
With the same caveat about my being new to this...
My transaction records show regular, very similar, transactions. The same
institution, identical amounts, usually close but not identical dates.
The importer's matcher is confused by these similar transactions. It marks
them in red and refuses to do anything with them directly. I can unmark
them, and then get them to import, but there are other fields (specifically
there is a field "<FITID>" in the OFX file that seems like it should
distinguish them, even if everything else is identical (I'm assuming FITID
is "Financial Transaction ID", but I could be wrong since that's just a
guess!)
In the interest of being clear, these "conflicting" transactions are in the
*same* OFX file, it's not trying to match against something already in
place.
Can I do anything to get this to behave more helpfully?
Cheers,
Simon
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