> On Jul 6, 2017, at 3:40 PM, John Vermeer <joh...@juno.com> wrote: > > David, John, and All, > > Thanks! > > Yes, the string is appearing in the description field. I will attach images – > to hopefully show you. > > I will try to download the OFX from BECU – to see if the string is there. > > Sound like this is “by design” . I think I will implement and update query to > remove the redundant information or move it to the memo field. (I use MySQL > as my data source). > > John > > From: John Ralls > Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:07 PM > To: David Carlson > Cc: John Vermeer; gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: "Point of sale debit or credit (Note: Depends on signage of > amount)" appended to transactions in 2.6.17 > > > > On Jul 6, 2017, at 11:31 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Sorry, I am confused about field names. Is that new message in the > > description field instead of the current data or is it actually in the > > Notes field where the previous message was prepended to the FI note? > > > > David C > > > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 1:26 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > John, > > > > Does that mean that when users download files from their financial > > institutions and import them offline they will always get that message in > > the description field? > > > > I would prefer "OFX ext. info: |Trans type:Generic debit|Memo:" as before, > > unless an option is added to even suppress that text. > > > > David C > > > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:42 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > > On Jul 5, 2017, at 2:47 PM, John Vermeer <joh...@juno.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Since upgrading to Gnucash 2.6.17 I am seeing the string "Point of sale > > > debit or credit (Note: Depends on signage of amount)" appended to the > > > description field of all my OFX transactions. I have aqbanking bringing > > > most transactions directly from my credit union. > > > > > > This exact string is found in > > > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/master/src/import-export/ofx/gnc-ofx-import.c > > > [line 107]. But I am not certain that that is where it is coming from. I > > > suppose that my credit union could also be appending the string. > > > > > > This is happening in a home compiled Linux version as well as under > > > Gnucash installed in Windows 10. > > > > > > Is this a new feature? Or, possibly, a bug? > > > > It's a new feature [1] that was supposed to apply only to HBCI, so there's > > an option to enable it on the HBCI import dialog but not the OFX one where > > it's enabled by default. > > David, > > It's not always that particular string; it depends on what type the financial > institution tags the transaction with. For example when I pulled in my credit > card this morning the descriptions all began with "Generic debit;". > > This new misbehavior happens only with AQBanking, which doesn't and hasn't > ever populate the Notes field. The OFX/QFX file importer inserts the "OFX > ext. info" string into the Notes field.
I found that there actually is a preference setting for this, at the bottom of the page in Preferences>Online Banking, called "Use Non-SWIFT transaction text". Uncheck it and the extra text no longer appears. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
