Re: [GNC] Importing Checking Transactions: Expense Acct Assignment Question.

2020-02-05 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Derek, your answer confirmed Adrian's post and both gave me the confident to experiment today. I'll pull the trigger on the big import tomorrow and report back. On Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 09:18:35 AM EST, Derek Atkins wrote: Hi, Fran_3 via gnucash-user writes: > Will

Re: [GNC] Importing Checking Transactions: Expense Acct Assignment Question.

2020-02-05 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Thank you Adrien. Your answer was very helpful. I experimented today and hope to do the big import tomorrow. Wish me luck :-) On Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 12:17:54 PM EST, Adrien Monteleone wrote: It’s okay to not give a final “thanks” message, but it is helpful to inform the list

Re: [GNC] Importing Checking Transactions: Expense Acct Assignment Question.

2020-02-05 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Fran_3 via gnucash-user writes: > Will assigning the Expense Account during import conflict with later > creating a bill and then assigning a checking transaction as payment > for that bill? (Since the Expense Account is normally assigned during > creation of the bill... so this will be

Re: [GNC] Importing Checking Transactions: Expense Acct Assignment Question.

2020-02-04 Thread David Cousens
Just a note re the training of the importer to match transactions to transfer accounts. The ability to do this depends upon there being sufficient consistent distinguishing information in the description fields of the imported transaction. One vendor I have supplies a different unique

Re: [GNC] Importing Checking Transactions: Expense Acct Assignment Question.

2020-02-04 Thread Adrien Monteleone
It’s okay to not give a final “thanks” message, but it is helpful to inform the list that the particular advice either did or did not answer the question or help solve the problem. (or even help lead you to the solution and what that might have turned out to be) This way, future readers of the

[GNC] Importing Checking Transactions: Expense Acct Assignment Question.

2020-02-04 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
We have two types of vendors...1 - Vendors for which we receive & post bills2 - Vendors for which we just write a check and make an entry into the checking account Normally...In Case 1, we post bills first, assign an expense account, and later pay the bill. The expense account is assigned when