First line is column names tells the importer whether to treat the first row as headings. Check this setting against the actual file, especially when a bank export has no header or contains introductory lines.
- Inspect the first row of the source. Labels such as Date, Description and Amount usually identify a header.
- Enable First line is column names when those are headings. Disable it when the first row is an actual transaction.
- Review the first transaction in Preview and compare the total row count with the source.
If a real transaction is missing only from the beginning of the preview, the header setting may have skipped it. If words such as Date appear as an invalid transaction, a header may have been read as data.
Remove introductory material carefully
A title, account summary or bank address above the table is not a transaction header. Prepare a working export that starts with the actual table, preserving the original statement separately.
After changing the header setting, recheck column mappings. Header-based suggestions can be useful, but you still need to confirm that the date, description and amounts refer to the intended columns.
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