Kevin This is because the OFX standard format is used both in files downloaded from your bank and then imported into GNuCash and downloaded directly online using the AQbanking connections from your bank without ever being stored explicitly on your hard drive ( maybe as a tmp file which is deleted automatically after processing). GnuCash only has one assignment of Account Ids to GnuCash accounts and that is handled in the Aqbanking setup. AFAIK at present there is no way to edit the accountid-gnucash assignments outside of that setup. When my credit card number changed after a fraud attempt I coped with it by creating a new account, and importing data for the new card. In Australia banks do not usually provide direct online access to customers
At my bank the card number was used as the account ID in the OFX download so the new account was then associated with the new card in the downloads. I placed both the old account and the new one under a Credit card placeholder account so that both. When the old card was deactivated the existing balance was simply transferred to my new card by the bank so I created a transaction which did that and all is fine. The old account will appear in reports or you can filter it out if you no longer need to see it. There were some complications around fraudulent transactions while these were investigated and resolved by the bank which required some adjustments to the balance as they were resolved. As my bank had acknowledged that the fraudulent use of the account was not my fault, I expected the fraudulent amounts to be fully refunded so I created a temporary clearing account and transferred the full balance excluding the fraudulent transactions (these were shown in downloads for my old card account) to the new account. I created transactions to the clearing account for the fraudulent transactions instead of to an expense account and then reversing transactions to the old account as the bank notified me of their resolution (appropriately annotated). David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.