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No description of transactions when import ofx file

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Hello. All my transactions that came from ofx files have no descriptions. How can I make them appear? Is that a problem with my bank?
Thanks.

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Best Maxime DOYEN (mdoyen) said : 		#1

Maybe your bank (and so file) use the ofx memo field.
Check into your bank file, ofx is XML.
To import it into homebank, check the preferences, import option for memeo field.
Ad select add it to description.

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Maxime DOYEN (mdoyen) said : 		#2

Maxime DOYEN suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #1055: “No description of transactions when import ofx file”.

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gmc (maltacastro) said : 		#3

Ok. Thanks.
I was using version 4.0.3. Now I've installed version 4.2.1. In this version, it works as "information", but not as a "description". I am new to the program, so I don't really know the difference between "information" and "description" or if it is right not to import as "information". Is this a bug?

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gmc (maltacastro) said : 		#4

Thanks Maxime DOYEN, that solved my question.

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Maxime DOYEN (mdoyen) said : 		#5

info field is more for dats relating the payment mode
description is the title of the transaction.
for ifx import you can control the import into the preferences.

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Reginaldo Ribeiro (rflribeirojr) said : 		#6

I'm in same situation. Can't import memo data to description, only to information field. But that way i cannot use description search definitions. This is my bank's ofx file part.
Thanks in advance.

<STMTTRN>
<TRNTYPE>DEBIT
<DTPOSTED>20100405100000[-03:EST]
<TRNAMT>-30.00
<FITID>20100405001
<CHECKNUM>20100405001
<MEMO>TBI 0761.60265-5 C/C
</STMTTRN>