KMM draft bug - KMM does not import all memo data when opening GnuCash file

[Jack]

On 2021.12.30 17:04, Thomas Baumgart via KMyMoney wrote:
> Patrick,
> 
> this is exactly the information we need. Please attach your sample  
> file to the entry.
> Please feel free to post it to https://bugs.kde.org/. In the  
> description you can use
> 
>   bug 429977
An easier links is https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429977 which  
opens the bug directly.

> and bugzilla will show a link to that entry when displaying the text.  
> No need to add the
> full link. If you have one available, you can add the .kmy file after  
> importing also.
> 
> Regards and thanks for your in depth analysis.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> On Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2021 16:45:47 CET adatchery via KMyMoney  
> wrote:
> 
> > I have not posted a bug before so I thought I would send a draft  
> before posting this on https://bugs.kde.org/. If I am missing  
> anything, or this does not make sense, please let me know.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > ----
> >
> > KMyMoney does not import all memo data when opening GnuCash file
> >
> > SUMMARY
> >
> > ***
> >
> > STEPS TO REPRODUCE
> >
> > 1. Open a GnuCash xml file that contains transactions with a  
> transaction level Memo (a Note in GnuCash)
> >
> > Case a) 2. Do not select “Use transaction notes on non-split  
> transactions” at conversion.
> >
> > Case b) 2. Do select “Use transaction notes on non-split  
> transactions” at conversion.
> >
> > OBSERVED RESULT
> >
> > Case a) In KMyMoney ledgers or reports, notice that for non-split  
> transactions, the GnuCash transaction level Notes data is lost (*1).
> >
> > Case b) In KMyMoney ledgers or reports, notice that for non-split  
> transactions, that GnuCash split level Memo data is lost.
> >
> > For either case, for split transactions, notice that the GnuCash  
> transaction level Note data is lost (*1).
> >
> > EXPECTED RESULT
> >
> > From what I can tell from documentation, this is the expected  
> result, and there is not a code bug.
> >
> > An enhancement would be to preserve all note/memo data from the  
> GnuCash file, possibly by merging data.
> >
> > SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
> >
> > Windows: Not Tested
> >
> > macOS: Not Tested
> >
> > Linux/KDE Plasma: KMyMoney Version 5.1.1 on Linux MX-21_KDE_x64  
> Wildflower
> >
> > KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.5
> >
> > KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
> >
> > Qt Version: Qt 5.15.2 (built against 5.15.2)
> >
> > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
> >
> > The basic issue is that GnuCash allows split Memo entries in  
> addition to a transaction level Memo for a “non-split” entry, whereas  
> KMM only allows entry of one Memo. For split entries, GnuCash also  
> allows a split entry on the main account in addition to the  
> transaction Memo. The current KMM code looses the extra the data on  
> import (kind-off, per below), with a selection of which data to keep  
> for non-split transactions.
> >
> > Interestingly, the GnuCash importer (GNC Plugin)  
> (https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney/blob/master/kmymoney/plugins/gnc/import/mymoneygncreader.cpp)  
> does save all the data. It appears looking at the KMM XML data file  
> that transaction level GnuCash notes are saved (for both split and  
> non-split entries), as a Transaction Memo in the KMM XML file, but  
> this Memo is apparently not used by KMM, which instead uses split  
> level data for its displayed transaction Memos (realizing that even  
> entries shown as “non-split” are stored as split internally in the  
> data file). So all the data is there stored in the file, but some if  
> it can not be seen or edited (that I can see), so is essentially lost.
> >
> > One possible method to retain all data would be to join the data,  
> so the displayed KMM Transaction Memo would be something like  
> “GnuCash-Transaction-Note / GnuCash-split-Memo” if there are both  
> types of note, or just the non-blank note if one is blank. For  
> multi-split entries, the Transaction-Note/ split-Memo conjunction  
> would would also become part of the split line used for display of  
> the Transaction Memo. It would make sense to have a option to choose  
> this, similar to (or in replacement of) “Use transaction notes on  
> non-split transactions”
> >
> > Similar to bug 429977 (which is for QIF import)
> >
> > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429977
> >
> > “Main memo in qif import of splitted transactions get the memo  
> value of the first splitted one instead of none(edit)”
> >
> > GNC Plugin is at:
> >
> >  
> https://github.com/KDE/kmymoney/blob/master/kmymoney/plugins/gnc/import/mymoneygncreader.cpp
> >
> > I have created a simple GnuCash xml file to help show which GnuCash  
> memos are getting used in KMM.
> >
> 
> --
> 
> Regards
> 
> Thomas Baumgart
> 
> https://www.signal.org/       Signal, the better WhatsApp
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> A: 'I suggested you since you also work on Windows stuff.'
> B: 'Me? You might mix me up surely, the only thing I would work with  
> proprietary OS
>  from questionable companies is uninstalling.
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>