[Kmymoney-devel] KMyMoney - Matching priority

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

on Sunday 02 May 2010 aga wrote:



> On Sunday 02 May 2010 07:05:54 Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > on Saturday 01 May 2010 aga wrote:
> > > On Saturday 01 May 2010 17:10:12 Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > on Saturday 01 May 2010 aga wrote:
> > > > > On doing an OFX download, two entries were matched that were
> > > > > unrelated. The payees were different, but the amounts were the
> > > > > same. One of them should have matched against the correct payee,
> > > > > although the amount was different.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is that what should happen?  I would have thought that the same
> > > > > payee would take precedence, rather that the amount.  If the amount
> > > > > has to be identical for matching, a completely different payee
> > > > > should not be accepted, should it?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, it should. I have seen it lately too many times, that the payee
> > > >  changes its name on the transaction.  The matcher can use some
> > > > improvement though.  I will be working in this area after the 4.x
> > > > release.
> > >
> > > This is getting worse!  And I don't think it's me.  It's these same two
> > >  items.
> > >
> > > Item 1)  Sefton - council tax
> > > 			- scheduled monthly payment £149
> > > 			- next due date 28 April
> > > Item 2) NPower - gas
> > > 			- scheduled monthly payment £55 (current value, should
> >
> > now have been
> >
> > >  £161) - next due date 28 April
> > >
> > > I downloaded my bank statement via OFX including these two lines -
> > > 28 Apr	Sefton 	£149.88
> > > 28 Apr	NPower	£161.00
> > >
> > > Result
> > > 28 Apr	Sefton	£161	Scheduled entry matched with NPower D/L entry
> >
> > for £161.
> >
> > > 						Bank entry NPower £161
> > > 						Your entry Sefton    £161
> > > 28 Apr	Sefton	£149.88	not matched
> > >
> > > So, the NPower download of £161 has been matched with the Sefton
> > > schedule of £149.88.  The Sefton download has not been matched with the
> > > schedule for the same value.  The NPower schedule is shown in grey for
> > > 1 May.
> > >
> > > In brief, the match occurred on different amounts for different payees.
> > > I created a fresh file and set up the two schedules and downloaded the
> > > OFX file and reproduced the problem.
> > >
> > > Something's amiss, I think.
> >
> > Do you have the 'The amount is an estimate because it varies for each
> >  payment' turned on for any of them?
> 
> Yes, for both.  I've now deselected it and the Sefton one now has matched
> correctly.  The NPower one, which should have been entered on 28 Apr, still
> has not been entered.  Yesterday, it was greyed and showing yesterday's
>  date and today it shows today's date.  It's one of a bunch that should
>  have been entered but haven't.  I see Alvaro's looking at a bug for that.
> 
> I must confess that I've probably got the 'estimate' option turned on for
>  most schedules, and hadn't given any thought to the possible result.  In
>  v9.x and 1.0x, I never saw a problem like this.  Does it just get
>  interpreted as 'accept any old amount'?

Both should act alike. There shouldn't be any difference. Maybe, I have fixed 
something in 1.0 and forgot to port it to 3.9x.


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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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