It's issues like this that have made me wary of importing transactions; doing them manually doesn't take that much longer.
On Fri, May 5, 2023 at 2:54 AM David T. via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote: > I have seen the exact same behavior, and find it more than just an > annoyance. This arbitrary reversion to different text strings can result in > flawed and erroneous data entering your books--including entering > transactions into placeholder (i.e., read-only) accounts. > > David T. > > On May 5, 2023, 03:30, at 03:30, Paul Kroitor <[email protected]> wrote: > >This is part 2 of a two-part question about imported transactions. > > > > > > > >My bank invariably imports transactions in barely readable technical > >jargon. > >For example, a debit card purchase at Villeneuve & Sons comes into the > >Aqbanking importer as: > > > > > > > >"[PR]L. VILLENEUVE &" > > > > > > > >My problem is that it's nearly impossible to correct this description > >to > >"Villeneuve". I can type V, Vi, or even Villeneuve into the description > >and, > >upon pressing enter, it will jump back to the original description > >(because, > >apparently, that string is in the original version of the field, > >despite in > >being in a different case). Even typing Villeneuve<space> doesn't work. > >The > >only way it will retain my lower-case version is if I type > >Villeneuve<space><space>, which it will keep (because Villeneuve > >followed > >two spaces is not in the original). > > > > > > > >I understand why Gnucash needs to consider Villeneuve and VILLENEUVE as > >being the same entry, but not why it can't see that a manual override > >to > >"Villeneuve" should be reverted back to "[PR]L. VILLENEUVE &". There > >must be > >a way to say I want to enter my own version of the name! > > > > > > > >This is driving me crazy! > > > >_______________________________________________ > >gnucash-user mailing list > >[email protected] > >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >----- > >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 > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
