Thank you, that's exactly what I'm looking for. I see that all I need to do is to double click on it and I've got exactly what I wanted.
However it appears to be skipping over some transactions and I don't understand why. I have a check that cleared the bank on 1/22. The check was written on 1/14 and has that date in GnuCash. GnuCash is showing 4 possible transactions (all with the same value): 1/21 - 6 1/28 - 6 2/4 - 6 2/18 - 4 However it's not showing me the transaction on 1/14 as an option. Why is this transaction skipped? They are all for the same amount. I even tried changing the match display threshold to be 0 and it still doesn't come up. I'm experimenting with values. I currently have display threshold set to 0, auto-add set to 3, auto-clear set to 5, likely match set to 14, unlikely match set to 28. The day difference between 1/14 and 1/22 is 8 days, so I would think the likely match set to 14 and the unlikely match set to 28 would be reasonable. Unless the date thresholds are all +/- half what is in the dialog, but I don't think that's the case. I tried doubling the dates to likely 28 and unlikely to 52 and no change to the list of possible transactions. Now that I see the dialog, of course I see something I'd like added. That's to have the transaction number show up in the match view. On Sun, 2026-02-22 at 08:49 -0800, John Ralls wrote: > GnuCash already does that, see > https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html#trans_match_picker > . Button1 in that paragraph means mouse button 1, normally the left > one (or the only one on Mac one-button mice). While that doc says > that it works for Clear I checked the code (gnc-main-matcher.cpp line > 797) and it works for both C and U+C. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Feb 22, 2026, at 07:21, Paul Kroitor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That idea, of a "choose alternate match" in the context menu of the > > (various) import windows is great! I second the motion. But it's > > hardly a trivial change. Maybe add it to the requested features? > > > > Paul > > > > On 2026-02-22 10:04 a.m., Jon Schewe via gnucash-user wrote: > > > Thank you for the code reference and the explanation. I'm a > > > software > > > developer, so that helps me a lot. > > > > > > The check number is coming through, so I'm only matching on date > > > and > > > amount. I could try getting the bank to add the check information > > > to > > > their QFX export, but that seems like an exercise in futility. > > > > > > Is there a way to have GnuCash present me with multiple options > > > for > > > matches rather than the most likely match only? > > > > > > I've got the following settings in Preferences -> Import > > > > > > Enable skip transaction action: yes > > > enable update match action: no > > > Use basesian matching: yes > > > Match display threshold: 2 > > > auto-add threshold: 3 > > > auto-clear threshold: 6 > > > likely match day threshold: 8 > > > unlikely match day threshold: 21 > > > commercial ATM fees threshold: 2 > > > automatically create new commodities: no > > > > > > QIF import > > > Show documentation: yes > > > Not cleared: selected > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2026-02-21 at 22:08 +0800, Christopher Lam wrote: > > > > Hi, having multiple checks for the same amount but different > > > > dates > > > > and check number seems like a headache for any manual or > > > > automated > > > > matcher. > > > > Here's the algorithm as originally written since 2002 (23 years > > > > ago!) > > > > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/6983adb14a389c13f828bae4f485b4748a8ead24/gnucash/import-export/import-backend.cpp#L579 > > > > Note the following scoring system: > > > > - identical amounts get +3, otherwise -2 or -5 > > > > - identical dates get +3, otherwise +2, 0 or -5 > > > > - identical trans->num get +4, otherwise -2, or 0 > > > > - etc. > > > > > > > > Thus, an exact identical match in trans->num gets a relatively > > > > strong > > > > score; you may need to check if the QFX/OFX sets it to the > > > > check > > > > number. You may want to adjust the date thresholds in the > > > > global > > > > preference. > > > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 at 10:43, Jon Schewe via gnucash-user > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm running into an issue when importing QFX files and > > > > > matching > > > > > transactions. Every week I write a check for the same amount. > > > > > However > > > > > the check doesn't clear the bank for a week or two. When I > > > > > import > > > > > my > > > > > QFX file GnuCash wants to match the most recent check rather > > > > > than > > > > > the > > > > > one 2 weeks back. Does anyone have a solution for allowing > > > > > multiple > > > > > matches to show up in the import dialog so that I can select > > > > > the > > > > > proper > > > > > check? > > > > > > > > > > Also, is there a way for the check number to be visible in > > > > > the > > > > > import > > > > > dialog? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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. 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