# Can hledger import use account mappings from previous transactions?

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**Created:** [March 9, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/can-hledger-import-use-account-mappings-from-previous-transactions/84 "2024-03-09T00:59:38Z")\
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Is there any way to have hledger use account mappings from previous transactions when calling `hledger import`?

 

For example, say I import an expense with description "Foo" and I manually set `account2` for that expense to `expenses:shopping`. With regular ledger, if I import another transaction with description "Foo" later on, ledger will automatically set `account2` to `expenses:shopping` because it matches an existing transaction.

 

Is there anyway to get this behavior in hledger?

 

Right now I've been adding all the mappings to a CSV rules document, but writing an explicit rule for every single description/payee in my journal feels overkill. In a perfect world hledger would use my CSV rules files first, and then fall back to existing entries if no rule is found.

 
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