Importing Transactions from Interactive Brokers (Generic)

This dialog is available from the File / Import / Transactions / Interactive Brokers (Generic)... menu command.

Transaction data can be imported from <Account #>_Activity_<Date>.csv files, available for download from Interactive Brokers. During the transaction import Fund Manager will look for corresponding Position files with the same base filename for each Activity file. These Position files contain closing prices. If they are found, the closing prices will also be imported.

Video Tutorial: See the Tutorial on Importing Position/Transaction Files.

Getting Started Tip:

When first getting started, you may want to import positions as of a certain date, and then import transactions from that date forward. If you have all the transaction data available back to inception, you can skip importing positions, and just import all the transaction data.

Activity File(s) to Import	Select which file(s) to import. You can either import a single file, or all the files in a single folder.
Accounts to Import from File(s)	Choose whether to import all accounts in the selected files, or only a particular account. Use the "Scan" button to fill in the list of available accounts in the importing file(s).
Date Range to Import	Choose the date range to import transactions.
Import into Fund Manager Portfolio	Specifies the portfolio where transactions will be imported into. Select a specific portfolio, or have Fund Manager match the account numbers from the importing file with the assigned portfolio account number. When this "matching" option is selected you can choose the "Create New Sub-Portfolios as Needed" option to have new portfolios created when a matching portfolio account number cannot be found.
Import Options	Specify whether to skip transactions that are already recorded. Also specify if new investments should be created when a matching investment could not be found. Fund Manager matches investments based on the symbol investment property, and the symbol in the importing file.

Press the "Next" button after filling in all of the above fields. The importing file(s) will be read in, and you will be taken to the Preview Importing Transactions page to see what transactions will be imported.

Notes:

When you have a new account, or investments in an account, Fund Manager can/will create these for you automatically when it finds them in your Activity file(s).

Fund Manager matches up the account number in the Activity file(s) with the account numbers of a sub-portfolio. When it finds a match, it then matches up a transaction based on the symbol in the Activity file and the recorded symbol of investments in the sub-portfolio which matched up the account number.

If no sub-portfolio with a matching account number could be found, Fund Manager will create a new sub-portfolio. On the import dialog you specify under what existing sub-portfolio this new sub-portfolio should be created. See the options: "Import Into Fund Manager Portfolio: With Matching Account Number As Import File Account" and "Create New Sub-Portfolios as Needed Under:".

If no investment with a matching symbol is found in the previously matched sub-portfolio, then Fund Manager will create a new investment file. Make sure the "Create New Investments As Needed" option is turned on when you do the import. Also, check the "Options..." button next to it to assign a folder for the newly created investments.

Once a matching investment is found, the transaction in the Activity file will be imported into that investment.

This file format reports an exchange rate between the investment currency and a base currency. Fund Manager will record this exchange rate as a transaction specific exchange rate when the investment currency is not the same as the base currency, and the reported base currency is the same as your default currency setting in Fund Manager.

FX Trades: When both of the currencies in an FX transaction are defined in default currency setting, Fund Manager will record a buy in a cash account for one of the currencies, a sell in a cash account for the other currency, and a reinvested account fee in your cash account for your base currency. The cash accounts will have the name and symbol as "CASH-<currency>". For example, if you buy CHF.JPY and your base currency is USD, you will have a buy recorded in CASH-CHF, a sell recorded in CASH-JPY, and an account fee in CASH-USD.

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