Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports
I do see a good reason to do so, at least in my use case. I am imagining case where if I were to download good number of transfers transactions (I do so for last three months in a moving window fashion through CSV, QIF and OFX imports), I could end up needing to touch many other accounts, possibly ones that were already reconciled after import would entail needless download again, and then re-imports again for those accounts, especially now that description can be appended from two sides of import of a transaction. Since CSV and QIF already permits reimport and reconciliation window, having the same capabilities on OFX/QFX would make the behavior consistent amongst three heavily used import methods in the States. I do not see any adverse effect from permitting it. If it finds same FITID, permit to update, update and reconcile existing one or just reconcile existing one. Just a thought -Original Message- From: Jean Laroche Sent: Monday, May 13, 2024 6:19 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports Also, you definitely would not want to double-import the same transaction, so there isn't a good reason to want to mock with the FITID. What *could* be useful (but in extremely rare cases) would be to force a re-import of the same transaction despite the fact that it's been imported previous, while avoiding a duplication (i.e. the second import would update the existing transaction instead of being skipped altogether). But I don't see a good reason to implement that at this point... Deleting the existing one achieves the same result for these rare cases. Jean On 5/13/24 3:12 PM, David Reiser via gnucash-user wrote: >> On May 13, 2024, at 17:50, David Carlson wrote: >> >> Now it is my turn to ask a question. >> >> My bank recently had an issue with the description text for a few >> transactions that resulted in the transactions being reposted with >> corrected descriptions. Now I am trying to import the corrected >> transactions but they do not appear in the OFX importer even though >> they are in the file generated by the bank. >> >> My question is: If I delete the previously imported transactions, can >> I import the corrected transactions? > yes. > >> A corollary; is there any way to check, edit or remove the FITID >> value of a transaction that prevents the duplicate import without >> doing tricks in the OFX file before importing? > only if you are willing to risk damaging your datafile editing it outside of > gnucash. The FITID values are stored as a key/value pair like: > > >online_id >20180906246910059666 > > > and finding specific transactions in the raw XML is harder than you might > imagine. The online_id is not available to the user anywhere in the gnucash > interface. > > I have never tried editing a gnucash SQL file outside of gnucash. > >> -- >> David Carlson >> ___ > > -- > Dave Reiser > dbrei...@icloud.com > > > > > > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports
Also, you definitely would not want to double-import the same transaction, so there isn't a good reason to want to mock with the FITID. What *could* be useful (but in extremely rare cases) would be to force a re-import of the same transaction despite the fact that it's been imported previous, while avoiding a duplication (i.e. the second import would update the existing transaction instead of being skipped altogether). But I don't see a good reason to implement that at this point... Deleting the existing one achieves the same result for these rare cases. Jean On 5/13/24 3:12 PM, David Reiser via gnucash-user wrote: On May 13, 2024, at 17:50, David Carlson wrote: Now it is my turn to ask a question. My bank recently had an issue with the description text for a few transactions that resulted in the transactions being reposted with corrected descriptions. Now I am trying to import the corrected transactions but they do not appear in the OFX importer even though they are in the file generated by the bank. My question is: If I delete the previously imported transactions, can I import the corrected transactions? yes. A corollary; is there any way to check, edit or remove the FITID value of a transaction that prevents the duplicate import without doing tricks in the OFX file before importing? only if you are willing to risk damaging your datafile editing it outside of gnucash. The FITID values are stored as a key/value pair like: online_id 20180906246910059666 and finding specific transactions in the raw XML is harder than you might imagine. The online_id is not available to the user anywhere in the gnucash interface. I have never tried editing a gnucash SQL file outside of gnucash. -- David Carlson ___ -- Dave Reiser dbrei...@icloud.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports
> On May 13, 2024, at 17:50, David Carlson wrote: > > Now it is my turn to ask a question. > > My bank recently had an issue with the description text for a few > transactions that resulted in the transactions being reposted with > corrected descriptions. Now I am trying to import the corrected > transactions but they do not appear in the OFX importer even though they > are in the file generated by the bank. > > My question is: If I delete the previously imported transactions, can I > import the corrected transactions? yes. > A corollary; is there any way to check, edit or remove the FITID value of a > transaction that prevents the duplicate import without doing tricks in the > OFX file before importing? only if you are willing to risk damaging your datafile editing it outside of gnucash. The FITID values are stored as a key/value pair like: online_id 20180906246910059666 and finding specific transactions in the raw XML is harder than you might imagine. The online_id is not available to the user anywhere in the gnucash interface. I have never tried editing a gnucash SQL file outside of gnucash. > > -- > David Carlson > ___ -- Dave Reiser dbrei...@icloud.com ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports
Yes, I believe that if you delete the previously imported transaction, the new one will be imported. For your 2nd question, there isn't a way to remove or edit that FITID value without hacking either the OFX or your database... I don't think GC ever shows you the FITID of transactions (even though they're saved in the database). Jean On 5/13/24 2:50 PM, David Carlson wrote: Now it is my turn to ask a question. My bank recently had an issue with the description text for a few transactions that resulted in the transactions being reposted with corrected descriptions. Now I am trying to import the corrected transactions but they do not appear in the OFX importer even though they are in the file generated by the bank. My question is: If I delete the previously imported transactions, can I import the corrected transactions? A corollary; is there any way to check, edit or remove the FITID value of a transaction that prevents the duplicate import without doing tricks in the OFX file before importing? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Question about OFX imports
If it wasn’t many transactions cannot you just edit the cleared transactions? I’ m thinking Gnu won’t allow you to clear clear the nut ones as a feature to avoid duplicates. Alternatively, you might delete the cleared transactions and reimport. At least, that’s what I would do. > On May 13, 2024, at 4:51 PM, David Carlson > wrote: > > Now it is my turn to ask a question. > > My bank recently had an issue with the description text for a few > transactions that resulted in the transactions being reposted with > corrected descriptions. Now I am trying to import the corrected > transactions but they do not appear in the OFX importer even though they > are in the file generated by the bank. > > My question is: If I delete the previously imported transactions, can I > import the corrected transactions? > A corollary; is there any way to check, edit or remove the FITID value of a > transaction that prevents the duplicate import without doing tricks in the > OFX file before importing? > > -- > 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 > - > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
[GNC] Question about OFX imports
Now it is my turn to ask a question. My bank recently had an issue with the description text for a few transactions that resulted in the transactions being reposted with corrected descriptions. Now I am trying to import the corrected transactions but they do not appear in the OFX importer even though they are in the file generated by the bank. My question is: If I delete the previously imported transactions, can I import the corrected transactions? A corollary; is there any way to check, edit or remove the FITID value of a transaction that prevents the duplicate import without doing tricks in the OFX file before importing? -- 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 - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
