Citibank Visa OFX Problem

[Jack]

[please don't top post]

On 2016.07.17 19:13, Brendan Coupe wrote:
> Is the OFX import relatively new to KF5? I submitted a question (see  
> KF5 -
> GPG Encryption Problem) here a 2 weeks ago and Christian said it was  
> not
> working. My accounts are all mapped so it was not a mapping issue.
> 
> I'll probably stick with 4.8 until KF5 is more stable. Are any changes
> being made to 4.8 or is it done? I downloaded the source and compiled  
> it
> and imported my transactions for the Citibank Visa and it did the same
> thing. If there will be no more bug fixes in 4.8 I'll stick with it  
> until
> KF5 is ready.
> 
> 
> 
> *----Brendan*
> 
> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Jack  
> <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 2016.07.17 18:39, Brendan Coupe wrote:
> >
> >> Nothing shows up on the command line that explains what is  
> happening.
> >>
> >> It's a new bank and a new credit card so I'd prefer to leave it as  
> a new
> >> account in KMM. I guess I could just treat it as "Costco Credit  
> Card".
> >> I've
> >> thought about this with my other credit card that seems to be  
> replaced
> >> every 8 to 12 months for the past several years. The move to a new  
> account
> >> is always painful.
> >>
> >> Since it's impossible to get the banks to follow the standard  
> (don't get
> >> me
> >> started on Charles Schwab) it seems to me that KMM should be doing  
> 2
> >> things. It should discard all transactions prior to the starting  
> date that
> >> it requests from the bank and it should discard all transactions  
> prior to
> >> the opening date of the account. The download may still take a  
> while since
> >> I'm getting everything but KMM can toss most of it out.
> >>
> >> I normally run from that latest source. I have 2 scripts that make  
> it very
> >> easy to download, compile and install the very latest. I had to  
> stop using
> >> them when KMM switched to the KF5 version since it does not handle  
> OFX
> >> files yet.
> >>
> >> Can I change the path in my script to get 4.8? It's currently  
> git://
> >> anongit.kde.org/kmymoney.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *----Brendan*
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 2:45 PM, <jeffjl.kde at outlook.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > > On 2016.07.17 15:48, Brendan Coupe wrote:
> >> > > > Apparently Citibank is ingnoring the date range so it  
> downloads
> >> > > > everything it has which dates back over 6 months from when  
> the card
> >> > > > was activated.
> >> >
> >> > I have this same problem with my Citi card.  Sometimes it  
> actually uses
> >> > the dates in the OFX request, but most of the time it returns  
> every
> >> single
> >> > transaction for the last (I think) 2 years. (I've had the card  
> for
> >> longer
> >> > than 2 years.) I tried modifying the OFX request and could not  
> find the
> >> > magic words to make it work properly.
> >> >
> >> > In my case KMM would take about 2 or 3 minutes importing and  
> trying to
> >> > match all those transactions, and as I recall, I would usually  
> have to
> >> > manually fix/delete and/or re-accept the payment transfers.
> >> >
> >> > This won't help you, but I got tired of it and modified my copy  
> of the
> >> > KMM statement importer to ignore transactions prior to the  
> "Start date
> >> of
> >> > import" in the account's online settings.
> >> >
> >> > Jeff
> >>
> >
> > git includes both versions.  It's just that master is now the KF5  
> version,
> > and 4.8 is in it's own branch.  If you do "git branch -a" you will  
> see
> > which branch you need to checkout.  Note that we have NOT yet  
> "switched" to
> > Frameworks - the official current release is 4.8, but all developer  
> effort
> > is going to complete the switch.  Progress is certainly being made,  
> but
> > there is no official timeline.
> >
> > Also note, that OFX downloads do work in the frameworks version.   
> (I have
> > tested with my bank, BOA credit card, and Merrill Lynch investment
> > accounts.)  However, you cannot map an online account yet.
> >
> > For your other suggestions, it is probably best to put them in new
> > wishlist items on bugs.kde.org.  I would probably word both as  
> requests
> > for all imports, not just OFX, although I suppose honoring the  
> starting
> > date request would only apply to online imports for OFX and (I  
> think, but
> > am not sure) aqbanking.
> >
> > Jack
> 
4.8 is the latest stable release, and will probably get only important  
bug fixes if any changes at all.  All current effort is going to  
complete the migration to Frameworks.  If you followed the rest of the  
GPG Encryption email thread you started, Cristian said OFX import  
wasn't ready yet, I said I had tried it and it worked, and Thomas  
clarified that there were actually two separate parts to it - the one  
to do mapping was not yet migrated to Frameworks and the part to do the  
actual download was migrated.  However, I would still not use the  
Frameworks version for production use quite yet.

Right now, I suspect both versions would do the same thing with your  
Citibank download, so that's not a deciding factor.  However, changing  
the behavior to handle this issue will likely be done in Frameworks  
(eventually) and not likely back ported to 4.8.