Mapping of invoice data fields in PayPal auto feed

[Tony]

Hello,
I use the PayPal feed to import sales transactions from PayPal. Each transaction generates a QF sales invoice and a corresponding purchase record to reflect the PayPal fees. Unfortunately, the description field on the sales invoice just gives something like Customer Name (PayPal Transaction ID). I can’t find any reference to the PayPal data that relates to the product sold, so I can’t attribute the sale to the relevant product. Also the purchase record for the PayPal fee contains nothing I can see that allows me to map it to the corresponding sales invoice. In both cases I have to go in to PayPal and laboriously trawl through the PayPal transaction records.
Is there a workaround for this? For example, if I could choose which PayPal data fields are mapped to my invoice fields, I could probably solve the issue. For me, this problem negates the point of having the autofeed. I will have to go back to uploading PayPal records in bulk csv files if I don’t find a solution. At least that way I can see which products I’ve sold.

[QFMathew]

Hi @Tony

The data supplied to us through the PayPal feed is limited. However, you may be interested in the topic below:

Adding Description to PayPal sales

Can I request the description be added to PayPal sales? Currently, the client name is included on the Invoice name. The client name and transaction is added to the description and the shipping address is written to the notes. We would like to identify the different sales items via PayPal sales, consequently the need to have the sales description included. Any chance?

[Tony]

Thanks for the quick response. It looks as if the other thread is about the same problem, so I’ve added my support for the feature request on that thread.