On 2/9/2025 5:11 AM, David Cousens wrote:
David

I think the main issue is there is no well defined protocol/standard
for CSV data and the importer does not know where the CSV file
originates and whether the data is presented from the perspective of
the entity which provided the data or that of the entity which has
received the data which makes the use of the terms Debit/Credit and or
Deposit/Withdrawal ambiguous.

If these terms were used in the internal headers assigned to the
columns of data there would be circumstances in which the header Debit
had to be applied to a column which the source of the file labelled as
Credit a common occurrence with data from Banks for example.

THIS issue is one of the factors we all should be taking into account when making the decision whether to use the "user friendly" column labels or "formal labels" (just "debit" or "credit"). If using the latter, the only remaining issue is "from whose point of view". If using the former, we have that issue PLUS no reason to suppose the "user friendly" labels will match and that's account type by account type.

So IF expecting to be doing lots of importing/exporting another reason to choose to use "formal"

Michael D Novack

Michael D Novack


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