[Bug]: Categories of the transactions are not getting imported in CSV Import tool

[AshwinPras]

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• I will be providing steps how to reproduce the bug (in most cases this will also mean uploading a demo budget file)

What happened?

I am attempting to import my old transactions using a CSV file from my old budgeting app. But in the import screen, while all the other information is getting mapped correctly, there are missing categories. In fact, only 2 out of around a dozen categories are being recognised. Find screenshots below:

As you can see here, besides Bills and Food, all the other categories are missing.

The original source has other categories also:

App version: 24.9.0

A sample of the CSV file:
Bank Account.csv.zip

Kindly check. Appreciate any and all inputs.

Where are you hosting Actual?

None

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Desktop App (Electron)

Operating System

Mac OSX

[youngcw]

It will only import categories that exist on your budget. If you want the others to import with a category you need to add those to your budget.

[AshwinPras]

Thanks a lot for your reply. That makes total sense and I’m embarrassed that I missed it.

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On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 at 23:52, youngcw ***@***.***> wrote: It will only import categories that exist on your budget. If you want the others to import with a category you need to add those to your budget. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3428 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BFJI2IGU6B7ZWQ7DHAFFE3DZWMUPLAVCNFSM6AAAAABOF2T6ICVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDGNBZG44DEOJQGU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[webberian]

This information should be on the help pages, e.g. https://actualbudget.org/docs/transactions/importing