Import Annoyances

I have a couple of complaints to register regarding the import process. Actually, “complaint” is a bit harsh so let’s call them annoyances. For context, I download a QFX file from my bank and upload it to GB. I upload the file and GB does it’s thing and I see two Amazon charges that I have not entered in GB yet.

It just so happens that my “Regular: Miscellaneous” envelope is one of the most frequently used, so I drag one of my transactions there and a match is created… except the entry has the name that my bank recorded from the ACH file: “AMAZONCOM2H81D392 5942 AMZNCOMBI” or “AMAZONCOMDE6I3 5942 SEATTLE WA 0” or other such gibberish. Sad. There’s no way to select or enter a proper name for these manual matches during the import (annoyance #1), so I have to clean them up in the transaction history one by one, or…

I discovered I can drag a transaction to the “Other Envelopes” icon where I can actually rename the entry to the proper “Amazon.com” so it matches all my other Amazon.com entries (making reports cleaner and my life generally better). Happy! Only I have to type the full name here (annoyance #2). Sad. Would be great if I could type just a few characters and select from the previously used payees the same way as entering a transaction the normal way.

Hey kschedler,

Sorry for the annoyances! Importing takes a lot of time and effort, so it makes sense to want the process to be as smooth as possible.

For now, I’ve logged your feedback into our tracker. In the future, if you’d like to make a formal feature request, feel free to follow the steps Alex outlined here.

Thanks!