I suspected as much. However in my attempt to keep the original posting
short and concise I omitted the fact that there appears to be may
duplicate transactions perhaps from incomplete pattern matching during
the import of the checking account and the newly created money market
account.
Can I delete the entire Money market account, re create and re import
the .OFX file? What effect will that have on matching transactions in
other existing accounts.
- Jeff
On 1/12/26 9:15 AM, John Ralls wrote:
Jeff,
Deposits to asset accounts *do* go in the debit column and expenditures go to
the credit column.. You’re confused by your statements which report your
account from the credit union’s point of view where your account is a
liability—they owe you the money.
Please study the first chapter of the Tutorial and Concept Guide to get a basic
understanding of the principles underlying GnuCash. We always recommend
supplementing that with a basic accounting text for better depth.
Regards,
John Ralls
On Jan 12, 2026, at 08:55, Jeff Albrecht <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi GNUCash users,
(some list members may remember a recent question I had about merging .OFX
before import. All the .OFX files were created by the cu. The merge experiment,
tabled, never touched my books)
I opened a money market account at my Credit Union (cu) in 2025. While
importing the entire year of transactions for the new account and others at
that same cu via a .OFX import I have mangled my books.
My cu accounts are Assets:CurrentAssets. I believe when asked during the import
I attached the transactions to a single existing 0 transactions empty
Assets:CurrentAssets emtpy Money Market account created from my original import
from Quicken or from GNUCash..
A transaction report shows what appears to be many (?all?) deposits in the
Debit column while many expenditures appear in the Credit column. Possibly
wrong account type specified during account creation? Unlikely but possible.
I'm no GNUCash power user but I have been using it for seven or more years. Can
the account type be changed one created and entries added?
Can I delete the entire Money market account, re create and re import the .OFX
file? What effect will that have on matching transactions in other existing
accounts.
Restoring a backup from prior to the input is possible but I would loose
hundreds of transactions memo details that are not included in the .OFX entered
painstakingly over the course of a day of data entry (ebay amazon etc. item
details)
Hoping for some insight and possible fix,,,
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