Double posting on Import of OFX files

[Thomas Baumgart]

On Montag, 15. Dezember 2025 22:15:14 CET MV via KMyMoney wrote:

> I have 4 accounts at the same bank.  I tend to transfer money between the
> accounts.
> 
> Call them acct1, acct2, acct3, acct4.
> 
> In a simple case, let's say acct1 is used to transfer some money into each
> of the other accounts (acct2, acct3, acct4).
> 
> When I download and import the OFX files from the bank into KMyMoney (the
> latest 5.2.1) on my Fedora box and import them, I get these results....
> 
> Import acct1.  I got the trans for acct1.  And I get the corresponding
> trans for the other three accounts (acct2, acct3, acct4) posted in those
> accounts..
> 
> Now I import acct2.   And it also posts that same transfer from acct1, not
> only in acct2 because it is in the acct2.ofx file, but also in acct1
> because that's where the money came from.
> 
> Ignoring acct3 & acct4 imports for now, we have double posting in acct1 and
> acct2 for each transfer between acct1 and acct2.
> 
> This might help other people, but it drives me crazy.  I now have to edit
> both accounts and delete the duplicates created by the import ofx
> operations.

I understand this problem, but don't have a quick fix for it at hand. To get
there, please see below.

> And if I were to import acct3.ofx and acct4.ofx, I would get more duplicate
> transactions.  And even more work to clean up the mess it makes.
> 
> What if the ofx import had a checkbox that I could configure/set as needed
> that would turn off that feature where an import (of acct1.ofx) of a
> transfer of funds between acct1 and acct2 would not touch acct2 at all?
>  Then when I import acct2.ofx and set that same setting, it would post only
> to acct2 and not to acct1.

That may solve the problem on the visual front but would create more mess
on the double-entry bookkeeping side as it would result in two unbalanced
transactions due to a missing counter-account assignment.

> I've searched the settings for KMyMoney, but have yet to find such a
> setting that would fix my problem.

Don't waste time on searching: it does not exist.

> Can the developers (or anyone who thinks they have a fix) help me solve
> this problem?

Would you be willing to support development by supplying sample files? I
will get back to you in a private conversation.

Thomas

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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