If the OP "scum buster" does not track the details in the credit cards at all, only the monthly payments from the bank account to the credit cards, then he may not even be tracking them as individual liability accounts. Perhaps they are just expense accounts. My sister does it that way, it works for her.
In that case the payments could very well look too similar in the bank account download even for the bayesian matching algorithm to assign them correctly. In my personal experience, GnuCash is always confusing restaurant and gasoline purchases even when many are at the same few merchants. While I could suggest manually tracking by date and amount even to the point of managing the payments to different cards to always be for different amounts, GnuCash may still not be able to automatically assign them correctly. Then the user simply has to develop a procedure to individually inspect each transaction carefully during the matching step of the import to be sure that it is correctly assigned. Again, from my own experience, for one bank account I actually print out the register from the online banking page in order to see every word in each transaction item before I import it to GnuCash. Sometimes I even markup that printout to be sure I can import it correctly. Can't do that on a computer screen, [unless I use dry erase markers]. As for manually entering every transaction, few of us have time for that. We mostly just scan the printout for items that look suspicious, like that purchase of a computer and TV in Florida when we were not there or a string of several out-of-town or online purchases on the same day. On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 8:28 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > If you have multiple cards from the same bank, you'll need to > differentiate them in GnuCash somehow. Some people use the last digits, > some the card 'brand' which can be different, even from the same bank. > (not just card 'type' though that may be sufficient) > > Your Bank *might* offer you the ability to tag or nickname your > transactions before import. Your Card company might offer the same, > though more than likely, you'll have to do that well in advance of the > transaction going through for such info to be sent to the bank. > > Another option would be to manually edit the import file, appending your > differentiation prior to import. > > ----- > > As for the 'right way', I'd say the 'best way' is to always enter all of > your transactions by hand. Importing should be part of the 'clearing' > process prior to reconciliation. > > Clear (and if possible Reconcile) the Card accounts first, then do > Checking. > > Reconciliation is making sure your books agree with your institution's > version of your account(s). There's little point if all you are doing is > importing their version anyway. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 2/16/22 7:02 PM, scum buster wrote: > > I have been using Gnucash for years......currently version 3.7. I very > much > > appreciate the program.....I used quicken for years til I started using > > Gnucash. > > > > Have never used this forum before, so I hope I don't screw this up. LOL > > > > I am not a Gnucash expert....I know I do some things wrong but I get > by.... > > > > One thing I always seem to have issues with (I am sure it is user > > error).....is with my checking account and credit card charges that come > > through that account > > > > I download my checking account data as a quicken file and "import" that. > > > > I have a few credit cards with one company. The charges come through as > " > > bankname online payment" when they hit my checking account. > > > > That would be fine if I had only one credit card with that bank. > > > > But with a few different cards, I have issues trying to get them to > > auto-reconcile correctly and end up having to manually add the items and > > manually pick the right account......and that ends up making duplicate > > charges somehow. > > > > What is the right way to set things up so that Gnucash knows what credit > > card account is being referenced when the charges hit my checking > account? > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
