Of course, the specific problem that OP outlined here had to do with what happens in GnuCash *after* transactions have been imported, rather than the import itself.
David T. On May 6, 2023, 04:14, at 04:14, R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: >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 < >gnucash-user@gnucash.org> 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 <p...@kroitor.ca> >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 >> >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> >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 >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> 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 >rlo...@gmail.com >Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
