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Bug 105343 - OFX import wish: automatic computation of initial balance
OFX import wish: automatic computation of initial balance
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Import - OFX
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Benoit Grégoire
Benoit Grégoire
: 142665 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-02-05 23:02 UTC by David Monniaux
Modified: 2018-06-29 20:27 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description David Monniaux 2003-02-05 23:02:57 UTC 
OFX files contain <LEDGERBAL> entries giving the final balance of an  
account. It may be interesting to process this information. In case this  
value differs from the balance (probably restricting it to cleared  
transactions), the user would be prompted with choices:  
- ignore it  
- adjust the initial balance by a transfer from some initial asset 
account. 
 
This would make the initial import of OFX files more user-friendly.
Comment 1 Christian Stimming 2006-01-18 13:24:26 UTC 
*** Bug 142665 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Christian Stimming 2010-12-31 11:15:07 UTC 
Thank you for taking the time to explain your enhancement request.

The described enhancement is a good proposal and would be an advantage for the software. However, as a volunteer-driven project with limited resources, the GnuCash developers have their own priorities about the features which are most likely being worked on in the near future. In that sense, the current GnuCash developers decided not to work on your proposed feature in the next 4-6 months. In case you would like to have this feature implemented in any case, you have the following option: 1. Start to program in gnucash yourself - see http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Development . 2. Convince someone who is not yet part of the GnuCash team to join the team and implement your feature. 3. Pay some of the GnuCash developers to implement your feature - ask on the mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org in that case. Thank you very much.

Feel free to file other bugs or enhancement requests that you find, though.
Comment 3 John Ralls 2018-06-29 20:27:38 UTC 
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