OFX Import Bug

[Jack]

Brendan,

I wish I knew more about the software the banks actually use, but that  
is not likely to happen.  I'm not surprised that the manual download  
might be different from the direct connect download - but that's just  
based on experience.  I would think they were generated by the same  
software - but obviously called with different parameters - or  
something.

I know of no essential difference between QFX and OFX, other than the  
"Q" implying Intuit/Quicken had something to do with it.  My guess is  
perhaps differences in max length of some of the fields, like the  
memo.  I also wouldn't expect a single bank to produce both - I've seen  
them offer one or the other, probably depending on who they buy/lease  
their OFX server software from.

I have no explanation for the dates you are seeing.  I also agree the  
probability of a useful response from the bank's tech support line is  
slim to none - but it might be interesting if they have any response  
when you tell them you are getting very different end dates from the  
two different download methods.  It would depend at least on whehter  
the person you speak to even knows what OFX is.  Otherwise they just  
tell you to call Quicken support.

I doubt very much a server will produce different results depending on  
what you send in the request header - I suspect it only affects whether  
they accept the request or reject it outright (with a useless error  
message, probably.)

Finally, I think the direct connect download is intended to be  
transient, so other than mucking in the code, I don't know that you  
will (easily) be able to save it - but I believe it lives briefly  
somewhere under /tmp.  I suspect what you end up with under /home/thb  
is close, depending on the original purpose for saving it there.  Also  
remember, direct connect does not download any "files."  It is a  
communication specification, meant for direct use.  If the software  
happens to save it, the extension is essentially arbitrary.    
Formatting clearly doesn't matter - although the content within the  
<OFX> tags should be similar, expecially for transaction data, perhaps  
allowing for different timestamps.


Jack


On 2017.01.10 15:18, Brendan Coupe wrote:
> Jack,
> 
> Your suggestion is fine for testing but a non-starter for day to day  
> use of
> KMM. I can live with bogus warnings about my account balance not  
> matching
> the download balance.
> 
> I downloaded both the OFX and QFX files from both banks. I diff'ed  
> them and
> they are pretty similar (OFX vs QFX).
> 
> The formats are completely different from the files that are saved in  
> the
> /home/thb folder which have the extension "txt" so they may not be  
> copies
> of the downloaded OFX files.
> 
> Is there an easy way to find the OFX files downloaded when they are
> downloaded from KMM?
> 
> There is possible good news and bad news. The bank that shows  
> 1969-12-31
> has the correct date in the manually downloaded OFX & QFX files.
> 
> <DTSTART>20161013000000
> <DTEND>20170110000000
> 
> 
> The bank that appears to use the date prior to the last transaction  
> date
> (based on 2 recent downloads) shows an end date in 2014.
> 
> <DTSTART>20170109
> <DTEND>20141212210000
> 
> Very strange.
> 
> I have tried several options for "Identify as" and "Header Version"  
> and the
> txt file that appears in the /home/thb folder is the same.
> 
> 
> 
> *----Brendan*
> 
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Jack  
> <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 2017.01.09 23:24, Brendan Coupe wrote:
> >
> >> I'm having a problem with 2 accounts when I import the OFX using  
> online
> >> banking.
> >>
> >> One account shows the Online Statement Balance on 12/31/1969.
> >>
> >> Another account shows the Online Statement Balance on 1/3/2017  
> while the
> >> most recent transaction is on 1/4/2017 and I just downloaded it  
> today
> >> (1/9/2017).
> >>
> >> Not surprisingly when I checked the OXF files for the respective  
> accounts
> >> I
> >> found the following (/home/thb comes to the rescue again):
> >>
> >> ...begindate="2016-10-11" enddate="1969-12-31"...
> >>
> >> ...begindate="2016-12-09" enddate="2017-01-03"...
> >>
> >> I'm almost certain I will not have much luck getting the banks to  
> fix
> >> this.
> >>
> >> Is it possible to have KMM use the current download date when the  
> date in
> >> the OFX file does not make sense? KMM could also use the latest  
> date of a
> >> transaction in the OFX file when it's later then the "enddate".
> >>
> >> At the very least it should recognize a problem since the enddate  
> is
> >> before
> >> the begindate at the first bank.
> >>
> >> I did check a different bank at it uses today's date as the  
> enddate.
> >>
> >>
> >> *----Brendan*
> >>
> >
> > One thing you might try is to manually download an OFX file.  I  
> have oddly
> > found that it can differ from what gets downloaded by direct  
> connect.  Even
> > if it doesn't, you can manuallyl correct the end date if it's still  
> wrong.
> > Not a good long term solution, but a temporary workaround.
> >
> > Jack
>