Re: [GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-22 Thread David Carlson
That is an incredibly useful tidbit! Thanks. David Carlson On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 7:40 AM Derek Atkins wrote: > David Carlson writes: > > > IIRC, the qif importer is (or was, in the 2.6.x series) somewhat clunky > > when it came upon an unknown 'other' account or category. It may have

Re: [GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-22 Thread Derek Atkins
David Carlson writes: > IIRC, the qif importer is (or was, in the 2.6.x series) somewhat clunky > when it came upon an unknown 'other' account or category. It may have > needed a nudge to place it correctly into the account tree. I don't think > it dumped everything into some imbalance file wit

Re: [GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-18 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Cutting parts to make things clearer... My phone mail client doesn't handle inline well, top posting. I imagine you *are* doing something wrong.  Everyone does. The "account picker" reference is to the difficulty in selecting the "Gas" subaccount when in the import process.  I am well aware of th

Re: [GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-18 Thread David Carlson
IIRC, the qif importer is (or was, in the 2.6.x series) somewhat clunky when it came upon an unknown 'other' account or category. It may have needed a nudge to place it correctly into the account tree. I don't think it dumped everything into some imbalance file without giving the user a chance ma

Re: [GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-18 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I thought the importer prompted you to create new accounts, no? Certainly the register does if I enter a new one or mistype an existing one. You can import accounts by themselves. (though not easily via export from Quicken) Do an export on your current accounts to get the CSV structure, then us

Re: [GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-18 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 2/18/19 3:49 AM, D via gnucash-user wrote: > Most users, having done their initial import, will have an existing account > structure into which they fit incoming transactions. Thus, the need for > repeated addition of accounts while importing is, in the long run, a > diminishing requirement.

Re: [GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-18 Thread D via gnucash-user
Most users, having done their initial import, will have an existing account structure into which they fit incoming transactions. Thus, the need for repeated addition of accounts while importing is, in the long run, a diminishing requirement. That being said, it would be nice to streamline the a

[GNC] Memorized Transaction List

2019-02-18 Thread Stephen
I couldn't find a way to practical way import new transactions, say QFX, into an account, say a new Credit Card Account, and easily create new Expense Accounts from either the Generic Import Transaction Matcher or the Credit Card Account. Even Quicken 2002 makes matching transactions to non setup