I thought about that transaction being blocked, however hte transaction that I want shows up when I check the next next transaction. I'm having some trouble figuring out how GnuCash is computing some probabilities as I'm getting numbers that don't quite line up.
Here's more information in hopes that someone recognizes it. I'll see about getting a debug version built. It's unfortunate that there isn't a way to turn on the debugging at runtime without a full rebuild. Looking at split_find_match: The amount always matches, so that's +3 The date never matches, but is either under the threshold or not (never outside the excluded threshold), so that's +2 or 0 The number never matches, so that's 0. Although it might be -2 if somehow the bank side has something in the number field (I don't see it in the OFX file) The memo never matches, so that should be 0. Same for the description, 0 Given that I expect to see a 5 or a 3. I'm getting 6 and 4. Here's my check information: Check date -> cleared bank 1068 1/14 -> 1/22 1069 1/21 -> 1/29 1071 1/28 -> 2/5 1072 2/4 -> 2/12 1073 2/18 -> not cleared With options: display threshold 0 auto-add 3 auto-clear 6 likely match: 4 unlikely match 28 Check that cleared 1/29 was actually written on 1/21 GnuCash presents me with: 1/28 - 6 1/21 - 4 -> this didn't happen yesterday, I've selected it as a match now 2/4 - 4 2/18 - 4 Check that cleared 1/22, written 1/14 1/21 - 6 1/28 - 4 2/4 - 4 2/18 - 4 Why didn't 1/14 come up as an option? Also how did I get 6 and 4 instead of 5 and 3? Check that cleared 2/5, written 1/28 2/3 - 6 1/21 - 4 1/28 - 4 - manually selected 2/18 - 4 Check that cleared 2/12, written 2/4 2/28 - 4 Why not the other matches? As expected when I open up the same OFX file again, the checks that I just manually assigned are no longer presented. Given that the behavior changed from yesterday to today, I'm wondering if there is something about the current date in there? Or maybe closing GnuCash and opening it matters? On Sun, 2026-02-22 at 21:21 -0800, John Ralls wrote: > Maybe something else is blocking that transaction. Most likely would > be that you (inadvertently) matched it already: That sets a field on > the split in that account with the FITID from the import it matched > with and if it’s set it’s excluded from being matched again. Unlikely > but worth mentioning is that transactions being edited are also > excluded. > > If you’re willing to build GnuCash yourself you can un-comment the > DEBUG statements in split_find_match and recompile, then run gnucash > with —log gnc.import=debug. That will dump a ton of detail into the > trace file where you should find the reason that transaction doesn’t > match. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Feb 22, 2026, at 12:44, Jon Schewe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you, that's exactly what I'm looking for. I see that all I > > need to do is to double click on it and I've got exactly what I > > wanted. > > > > However it appears to be skipping over some transactions and I > > don't understand why. > > I have a check that cleared the bank on 1/22. The check was written > > on 1/14 and has that date in GnuCash. > > GnuCash is showing 4 possible transactions (all with the same > > value): > > 1/21 - 6 > > 1/28 - 6 > > 2/4 - 6 > > 2/18 - 4 > > > > However it's not showing me the transaction on 1/14 as an option. > > Why is this transaction skipped? They are all for the same amount. > > I even tried changing the match display threshold to be 0 and it > > still doesn't come up. > > I'm experimenting with values. I currently have display threshold > > set to 0, auto-add set to 3, auto-clear set to 5, likely match set > > to 14, unlikely match set to 28. > > The day difference between 1/14 and 1/22 is 8 days, so I would > > think the likely match set to 14 and the unlikely match set to 28 > > would be reasonable. Unless the date thresholds are all +/- half > > what is in the dialog, but I don't think that's the case. > > I tried doubling the dates to likely 28 and unlikely to 52 and no > > change to the list of possible transactions. > > > > Now that I see the dialog, of course I see something I'd like > > added. That's to have the transaction number show up in the match > > view. > > > > On Sun, 2026-02-22 at 08:49 -0800, John Ralls wrote: > > > GnuCash already does that, > > > > > > see > https://code.gnucash.org/docs/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html#trans_match_picker > > > . Button1 in that paragraph means mouse button 1, normally the > > > left one (or the only one on Mac one-button mice). While that doc > > > says that it works for Clear I checked the code (gnc-main- > > > matcher.cpp line 797) and it works for both C and U+C. > > > > > > Regards, > > > John Ralls > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 2026, at 07:21, Paul Kroitor <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > That idea, of a "choose alternate match" in the context menu of > > > > the (various) import windows is great! I second the motion. But > > > > it's hardly a trivial change. Maybe add it to the requested > > > > features? > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > On 2026-02-22 10:04 a.m., Jon Schewe via gnucash-user wrote: > > > > > Thank you for the code reference and the explanation. I'm a > > > > > software > > > > > developer, so that helps me a lot. > > > > > > > > > > The check number is coming through, so I'm only matching on > > > > > date and > > > > > amount. I could try getting the bank to add the check > > > > > information to > > > > > their QFX export, but that seems like an exercise in > > > > > futility. > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to have GnuCash present me with multiple > > > > > options for > > > > > matches rather than the most likely match only? > > > > > > > > > > I've got the following settings in Preferences -> Import > > > > > > > > > > Enable skip transaction action: yes > > > > > enable update match action: no > > > > > Use basesian matching: yes > > > > > Match display threshold: 2 > > > > > auto-add threshold: 3 > > > > > auto-clear threshold: 6 > > > > > likely match day threshold: 8 > > > > > unlikely match day threshold: 21 > > > > > commercial ATM fees threshold: 2 > > > > > automatically create new commodities: no > > > > > > > > > > QIF import > > > > > Show documentation: yes > > > > > Not cleared: selected > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2026-02-21 at 22:08 +0800, Christopher Lam wrote: > > > > > > Hi, having multiple checks for the same amount but > > > > > > different dates > > > > > > and check number seems like a headache for any manual or > > > > > > automated > > > > > > matcher. > > > > > > Here's the algorithm as originally written since 2002 (23 > > > > > > years ago!) > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/6983adb14a389c13f828bae4f485b4748a8ead24/gnucash/import-export/import-backend.cpp#L579 > > > > > > Note the following scoring system: > > > > > > - identical amounts get +3, otherwise -2 or -5 > > > > > > - identical dates get +3, otherwise +2, 0 or -5 > > > > > > - identical trans->num get +4, otherwise -2, or 0 > > > > > > - etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thus, an exact identical match in trans->num gets a > > > > > > relatively strong > > > > > > score; you may need to check if the QFX/OFX sets it to the > > > > > > check > > > > > > number. You may want to adjust the date thresholds in the > > > > > > global > > > > > > preference. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 at 10:43, Jon Schewe via gnucash-user > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm running into an issue when importing QFX files and > > > > > > > matching > > > > > > > transactions. Every week I write a check for the same > > > > > > > amount. > > > > > > > However > > > > > > > the check doesn't clear the bank for a week or two. When > > > > > > > I import > > > > > > > my > > > > > > > QFX file GnuCash wants to match the most recent check > > > > > > > rather than > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > one 2 weeks back. Does anyone have a solution for > > > > > > > allowing multiple > > > > > > > matches to show up in the import dialog so that I can > > > > > > > select the > > > > > > > proper > > > > > > > check? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, is there a way for the check number to be visible > > > > > > > in the > > > > > > > import > > > > > > > dialog? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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. 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