On 2022.01.26 12:39, Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
Hi,
On Dienstag, 25. Januar 2022 10:26:47 CET Thomas Baumgart via
KMyMoney-devel wrote:
> Jack,
>
> On Dienstag, 25. Januar 2022 08:35:38 CET Jack Burke via
KMyMoney-devel wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > New KMyMoney user. I'm testing it out to a if I should start
using it, and while trying to figure out some of the bank account
configuration, I saw it connected to ofxhome.com to pull information.
So, of course I went there to look for data I was interested in. At
the top of the home page is a message about the site shutting down,
with a link to http://www.ofxhome.com/ofxforum/viewtopic.php?id=49843
> >
> > I tried searching this list and the user mailing list, and the
bug database, but didn't find any discussion of this (or I'm just not
doing a very good search) , so I thought I'd mention it here in case
it hasn't been noticed, since it looks important to KMyMoney.
>
> Thank you for the information. We are aware of the fact and a resp.
message was posted to the kde-finance-apps list early this year.
>
>
https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-finance-apps/2022-January/001142.html
>
> Unfortunately, we don't have a solution to the problem yet other
than discontinuing to use the service and rely on manual data entry
by the user. We are aware of the fact, that this is not the most
user-friendly solution but don't know of any alternative atm.
I have a patch sitting here that I can easily apply which will remove
the ofxhome UI parts and allows only manual data entry.
I know that it is not really user friendly, but having the ofxhome
interface and service does not work is equally bad.
In case I don't get any massive objections to that move or we can
solve the issue in another way, I will add the aforementioned code
change at the end of the month to both the stable and master
branch.Thomas,
Thomas,
The download of ofx settings from ofxhome seems to still be working,
although we clearly don't know for how much longer. Even though that
data is not being updated, I think it is better than nothing. Where
else can users find the information? Is it possible for us to pull a
copy of the current data, and just host it ourselves? Perhaps we could
also add a note somewhere early in the mapping process which warns the
user it might be out of date, and suggesting where to post any
questions if it fails to work for a particular institution?
Separately, is there a better place to discuss this, since it likely
affects lots of other financial software?
Jack
