[Kmymoney-devel] [Bug 277861] Improvements to CSV Plugin

[allan]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277861





--- Comment #8 from allan <agander93 gmail com>  2011-09-06 23:42:02 ---
(In reply to comment #7)

I have the wizard version working pretty well now, with just a few loose ends
to tidy up.  whilst I'm biased, I must say it's a lot better than the previous
versions.

In parallel, I working on improving the handling of broker csv files.  In
parallel because changes to the ui are needed.  I've come across a couple of
issues on which I need advice.

They both concern categories.  Up to now, as I started off from bank
statements, I did not need splits, but, because in broker files there is useful
category information, it would be a shame not to use it.  With a bit of a
struggle, I have this sort of working.  One issue is that some entries have no
transaction type, or rather have the information in a different column. 
Another is that a broker statement may include information on more than one
security, plus broker fees and interest, and transfers of money.  Now the
queries.

1) If the needed category already exists, all is fine-ish.  I've borrowed some
code from mymoneyqifreader - the checkCategory() function, which largely works
for me, to the point where it needs to create a new category.  This involves
the KMyMoneyApp, to which the plugin has no access, I think?  Can anything be
done about this, or do I accept a limitation, requiring manual creation of
categories?  Or, would it be legit. to instantiate a new KMyMoneyApp in order
to create a new category?  Or, maybe there's another way.......

2) I'm confused about transaction matching.  I have two transactions with the
same payee, one being a dividend and the other investment/broker interest.  The
first one imports OK, but the second gets its category changed to dividend,
apparently as a result of transaction matching.  I wouldn't have thought it
correct to change a category without a query being flagged.  Am I wrong?  Am I
missing something?  There's a subsidiary one about why a _Dividend category
gets created sometimes when there is already a dividend category, but I'll have
a look at that one.

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