Thanks for that clarification!
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Ngewi Fet <[email protected]> writes: > > > Hi everyone, > > I was wondering if someone can explain to me how GnuCash for desktop > > handles importing double entry transactions from OFX files. There is an > OFX > > BANKACCTTO tag which specifies the destination account when used in > > conjunction with BANKACCTFROM. (see attached sample OFX) > > > > But it seems to be ignored during import. Does GnuCash take this into > > consideration or am I missing something?. > > No, gnucash does not take this into account. The importer is one-sided, > and doesn't consider your use case. The OFX importer doesn't auto-map > both ends of a transaction together. And the FITID is unique per > account, you are allowed to have the same ID in multiple accounts and > and not assume that it's the same transaction. > > Moreover, OFX does NOT support split transactions. > > > Right now, users of the Android app need to manually match double > > transactions again on the desktop which is a lot of work. > > > > Any thoughts? > > If you want to have your app supply both ends of the same transaction > then you should use QIF, which supports what you are trying to do. > There's no way to do it with OFX. > > > Cheers, > > Ngewi > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > [email protected] PGP key available > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
