OFX Import Matching Problem

Jack ostroffjh at aya.yale.edu
Sun Jun 23 19:03:35 BST 2019


I filed bug *409089* <https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=409089>. The 
docs do need updating also, in that they describe the tabs in the Payees 
view.

On 6/23/19 1:01 PM, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> On Sonntag, 23. Juni 2019 18:24:16 CEST Jack wrote:
>
>> On 2019.06.23 12:16, Brendan Coupe wrote:
>>> Thomas,
>>>
>>> Let me know if you have a patch for me to test. I can easily add it
>>> with my build scripts.
>>>
>>> Jack, do you have a default category for the payee that sometimes has
>>> multiple categories and sometimes (most times) does not? I assume
>>> that setting a default category for a payee takes precedence. If the
>>> transactions with one category has different categories each time
>>> then I'm guessing that's an edge case that will be hard to handle
>>> every time.
>> Ah - I did NOT have a default category set for that payee.  I have just
>> set it to the most common use, and I will keep an eye out to see if
>> that seems to solve my problem.  Thanks for the suggestion.
>>> Your question about account versus category points out what I think
>>> is an error in the user interface. I used the Payee tab label
>>> "Default Account" in my email but the tab should probably be labeled
>>> "Default Category" since that's what it really is.
>> The underlying "problem" is that internally to KMM, categories ARE
>> accounts.  I think that is mentioned in the handbook, but it is
>> certainly a frequent source of confusion.  I agree it would be good to
>> change the tab label from "account" to "category."  Thomas - should I
>> open a wishlist so we don't lose this?
> I agree with this change. Do we need to update the docs for that change? Opening a bug on the tracker is a brilliant idea. This way we can track it and it will be mentioned in the release notes (most automatically). I am tempted to work on it soon, so it would be cool if you can check the documentation if it needs change and mention the result of the check in the bug entry.
>
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