Bug 384804 - Payee matcher incorrectly matches shorter similar version even when longer version exists
Summary: Payee matcher incorrectly matches shorter similar version even when longer ve...
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kmymoney
Classification: Applications
Component: importer (show other bugs)
Version: 4.8.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KMyMoney Devel Mailing List
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Reported: 2017-09-17 21:54 UTC by Jakub Jamro
Modified: 2022-12-02 22:25 UTC (History)
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Description Jakub Jamro 2017-09-17 21:54:03 UTC
When importing transactions, payee name matching sometimes shortens the payee even though full version payee exists.

For instance, when the payee "Loan" and "Loan 3yr" exist, when the import file contains "Loan 3yr", kmymoney will replace payee with "Loan".
Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2022-11-10 08:52:50 UTC
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If you can reproduce the issue, please change the status to "REPORTED" when replying. Thank you!
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2022-11-25 05:17:42 UTC
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Comment 3 Jakub Jamro 2022-11-25 12:59:10 UTC
Hi,

I am no longer able to check as I have since moved over from kmymoney to beancount.
Comment 4 Jack 2022-12-02 22:25:30 UTC
This is probably still true, and is an unfortunate but known effect of the general payee matching.  You can get around it by not using partial name matching for the payee with the longer name, or by using a matching list with all entries longer than the short name not to match.  I'm changing this to a wishlist - to request that (perhaps by configuration, or maybe just always) if an imported transaction matches more than one Payee, it should match the one with the shorter name.