> > Also, I had an idea regarding duplicate transactions during QIF importing.
> > Since the QIF files are now being imported as a batch process, you can make
> > the assumption that if a transfer exists between two accounts that are
> > being imported, it should appear in both accounts.
>
> That's right. Is that not working correctly for you? The import code
> is supposed to detect transfers between accounts and handle
> elimination of duplicates.
I just set up 1.3.3 and imported all my .qif files as a single batch,
starting from an empty gnucash.
I was delighted to see the huge balance in my chequing account.
But not by the very negative one in my professional account.
What it comes down to is that I *still* get duplicates.
For example, the register for account "chequing" now contains (in multiline
mode):
11/23/1998 net transfer to visa r 1,000.00
450,788.03
33038681 visa - personal 1,000.00
and a few lines later,
11/23/1998 ov013 transfer to visa n 1,000.00 452,288.
33038681 visa - personal 1,000.00
The only thing different between these two transactions is the "Num"
field ("net" vs "ov013"), and the "R" field ("r" vs. "n"). I believe you
said you ignore these differences. Something must wtill be wrong.
When I jump to the "visa - personal" account register, both transactions
also appear there -- with the same one reconciled and the same one unreconciled.
The proper result should have been only one transaction, reconsiled on the
"chequing" account, and unreconciled on the "visa - personal" account.
And in another place in the register, entries are duplicated even though
there is no difference in Num or "R" (both have a blank number and an "R" field of
"r".)
>
> > Maybe with an assumption like this it could be possible to relax the
> > restrictions on detecting a duplicate transaction, and then more
> > things would match.
>
> The assumption now is just that the accounts are cross-references, the
> amounts are equal and opposite, and the date is the same. How much
> more relaxed could we get?
>
> What sort of duplicates aren't getting weeded out now? Keep in mind
> that if a QIF transaction is a duplicate of a transaction already in
> your Gnucash account, it must meet more exacting match criteria to get
> eliminated by the account merge procedure. Is that the situation
> you're seeing?
I'm seeing transactions duplicated that I can see *no* difference between.
Oh. One thing I just thought of. During import, I had to identify
a few accounts -- cases where gnucash had made two accounts, one from the
Quicken account name, and one from the name of the file.
As far as I know, each of my transfer transactions in the entire six years
of records involves at least one such account. Could there be a confusion
between account identity before and after renaming? Or is this a red herring.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Gribble
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