There's a global preference that you can toggle which removes the update option.
On Sat, 30 Apr 2022, 9:52 am Eric H. Bowen via gnucash-user, < [email protected]> 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.
