BOTH bank rules AND importing bank transactions work exceptionally well. BUT NOT when a bank rule is “pending” being applied and only 1 or 2 fields needs to be edited for that specific transaction. (During the import review process.) - ie. A minor “exception” to a bank rule. - Supplier is right but the expense account is not. (Also when the “cleared” date needs to be edited!)
Typically, when a credit card (any type of bank transaction) needs editing during import review (import with a rule pending being accepted): It’s frequently 1 field that needs changing/correcting, not all of them! The rest of the “pending” field bank rule" still applies to that transaction. Unfortunately, when EDIT is selected, all the info (field rules) disappears.
SOLUTION:
Would be beneficial to add a 3’rd button (called “Preview”) that would allow editing WITHOUT removing the current pending bank field rules. ie: Keep the bank rule “persistent” on the edit screen.
This way, the “Preview” button opens the transaction (with bank rule applied) so that user can edit and change ONLY the field(s) that needs changing instead of re-entering everything.
Numerous times I became frustrated while working with end of year transactions/trying to change ONLY the “Cleared” date… I’d lose everything the rule had applied for me. (This also happens when a charge from a supplier needs to be applied to a different expense account.) “Minor exceptions to the rule” are quite common, especially with credit cards and end of period bank reconciliations.
At present, the best solution I can find (to not miss or forget to update “exceptions” like this) is to select “edit” and then “update” which strips the expense account data from record. (This leaves the transaction in “suspense.”) I then have to go back and manually edit each one. It’s a tedious process but but at least they’re “flagged” as suspense transactions on the summary screen so don’t forgot which ones need correcting."