Allow overriding bank transaction description in bank rule

[jfaleiro]

The current implementation of bank rules does not allow for overriding the description of the bank account transaction.

Currently, only the description of the "account’ (in this case, the expense account) can be defined. Values of the original bank transaction cannot be modified in the rule:

Ideally, this feature could allow overriding the fields description, or even the field reference, of a “cash or cash equivalent account” transaction.

You can modify the bank transaction description (or reference) later, manually, by clicking and modifying each bank transaction, but the process is cumbersome, time-consuming, and defeats the purpose of having “rules”.

That might be a way of working around these issues:

How to improve general ledger transaction presentation?

Import bank statement - “Reference” field no longer recognized

[Ealfardan]

Hello @jfaleiro,

The Column — Description value is the one that will appear in your general ledger based reports, so that will override the top level description.

The top level Description field will only appear in your main tabs.

Keeping the top level description matching the bank makes it easier for the software to identify duplicates during import and easier for the user to identify reconciliation descrepancies if they arise.