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[Bug]: In/Out column cannot be selected #1944
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Originally created by @Gmanicus on GitHub (Mar 8, 2025).
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What happened?
When importing transactions from a CSV, I appear to be unable to specify which column determines whether the amount is in/outflow.
I see "In/Out" in the preview, but no option to select which column has the value.
How can we reproduce the issue?
In-Out-Example.csv
Where are you hosting Actual?
Docker
What browsers are you seeing the problem on?
Chrome, Other
Operating System
Windows 10
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2025):
Have you typed in the column to use in the field next to the checkbox?
@Gmanicus commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2025):
I believe so. Let me double-check. Yes. The column name is "Credit or Debit". Entering that doesn't update the preview with the correct in/out flows. If I understand correctly, I think that text box is for determining which value within the column is "positive" and by exclusion which is "negative" as well.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2025):
Seems just fine to me
@Gmanicus commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2025):
Huh. Something's odd on my end. When I check "Select in/out column", it auto-checks "Split amount into separate inflow/outflow columns" and locks me out of disabling them. Now I can't change either option even if I exit out of the modal. If I come back, they're still checked 👀
I wonder if this is a bug caused by having an account that already has inflow and outflow columns and saved transactions.
@Gmanicus commented on GitHub (Mar 8, 2025):
Tried setting up a dev environment but couldn't get it started up. Will probably take another crack at it tomorrow to see if I can take a peek at the code. Thanks for taking a look and troubleshooting with me 🙏
@MatissJanis commented on GitHub (Mar 28, 2025):
@Gmanicus how's this looking? All good?
I'd like to close the issue if all good.
@Gmanicus commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025):
Hey @MatissJanis, sorry for the delay on this. Got busy over the last few weeks and never got back to this.
Still stuck, unfortunately. Going to get back on that dev environment right now and will report back.
EDIT: Finally figured out what was going wrong and got the dev container up. I'll start poking around.
@Gmanicus commented on GitHub (Mar 29, 2025):
I think I was spot on here.
When the In/Out status is changed, it reloads the preview. This then reloads the transactions, as well as the
Split amountstatus.Split amountappears to be enabled if either the Inflow or Outflow columns have values.Additionally, In/Out appears to be designed to be used in replacement of
Split amount. So, ifIn/Outis enabled,Split amountis disabled, and vice versa.Due to my configuration, I have a bit of a catch 22 situation. My transactions already have Inflow/Outflow columns, so
Split amountis enabled. My configuration has also savedIn/Outas enabled since I tried to set it previously. So, both are enabled, making me unable to disable either of them.If I work around this by changing the disabled condition,
Split amountstill remains checked since I already have Inflow/Outflow columns, making me unable to set upIn/Out. How I got there in the first place, I do not know.I have some plan of how to fix this:
Split amount, not against it, and change how the transaction value is saved accordingly.