I also have one provider that doesn't have an option to limit transaction downloads by statement period. For that one I have started taking downloads in CSV format and preprocessing them in LibreOffice to truncate out the old transactions. That provider doesn't have an OFX/QFX option. There may be other users with better solutions.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 12:11 AM Eric H Bowen via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote: > Okay. I've been banking at my credit union since Ronnie was behind the > Big Desk...and running for re-election. I used Quicken when I first > tried electronic banking, but I've been using GnuCash for several years > now. > > However. > > My credit union has apparently switched to another software vendor to > manage transaction downloads. And they didn't put in any kind of a > filter. So, now, when I 'Download Transactions,' I get EVERY transaction > going back ten years, and more. And I have to go through every one of > those hundreds, maybe thousands, of transactions and turn 'off' the 'A' > checkbox for new transactions...because, even though the transaction may > have been entered, and reconciled, years ago, with the new vendor's > software it shows as a new transaction and doesn't match. I did, > actually, go through every transaction like that, one by one...but, the > next time I downloaded transactions, I had to do it all over again. I > can't seem to get rid of them. > > Now, I can filter out just the most recent 100 transactions in my > download...but I need to get some which go back farther than that. And > since, short of closing my account and opening a new one (which will > only work until they change vendors again...), I'd like to have some way > to mark these old-old transactions as previously entered, without having > to deal with them again. > > Any suggestions? > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
