Eric, The 'Append' button is a fairly recently added feature, probably around release 4.6 or thereabouts. If you are still using an older version perhaps you should update GnuCash.
On Fri, Apr 29, 2022, 9:16 PM Jean L <[email protected]> wrote: > Again: the "append" check mark in the import dialog appends notes from > the OFX to the notes you put in instead of replacing them if 'u+c' is > selected. > > > On 4/29/2022 6:51 PM, Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user wrote: > > Gyle, > > > > I do this when I remember, especially with regard to checks. But I've > > still had data overwritten later when I imported data, the import > > brought in data which I had already entered, and I neglected to go > > through the whole list and change everything to 'c'. I still think > > that a settings switch which preserves the 'Notes' field by default > > when importing data would be a worthwhile addition----Eric. > > > > On 4/29/22 20:18, Gyle McCollam wrote: > >> Eric, > >> I know you probably tried this , but when you are importing Are you > >> checking the "c" box and not the "u+c" box. The "c" only clears, > >> whereas the "u+c" UPDATES and clears. > >> > >> Thank You, > >> *Gyle McCollam* > >> > >> Gyle McCollam > >> > >> 609.680.2326Mobile > >> > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>email > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> *From:* gnucash-user > >> <[email protected]> on behalf of Eric > >> H. Bowen via gnucash-user <[email protected]> > >> *Sent:* Friday, April 29, 2022 8:09 PM > >> *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > >> *Subject:* [GNC] Feature Request/Workaround Info: Preserve "Notes" > >> Field? > >> There is an issue which has been bugging me for some time with regard to > >> OFX/QFX imports: At least from my credit cards/financial institution, > >> when data is imported it overwrites the existing data in both the > >> "Description" and the "Notes" field...and, nine times out of ten, the > >> QFX "Notes" field is essentially a rehash of the "Description" field. > >> > >> I like to leave transaction identification information in the "Notes" > >> field so that months later (Tax time!) I can recall the exact purpose of > >> a purchase without having to do a search through my email logs or PayPal > >> transactions in order to identify what that eBay purchase was actually > >> for. But at present any information I put there gets overwritten unless > >> I remember to manually re-enter it after the transaction clears when I > >> do an import from my financial institution. > >> > >> I'd like to have a switch somewhere in "Settings" where you could > >> customize the QFX (and possibly QIF, although I don't use that much) > >> import so that if the Notes field is non-blank it does not get > >> overwritten by the imported data. Perhaps there already is such a switch > >> and I've just missed it; if so could someone enlighten me? Otherwise I'd > >> like to make this a formal feature request; how do I go about doing > >> that? > >> > >> --------Eric H. Bowen > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> 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 > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
