Re: Quicken Import

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In Reply to: Quicken Import posted by Robert on October 02, 2005 at 01:38:41:

: Mark - I've been using FM for many years. Just recently realized that 7.4 supports sub portfolios, something I've always needed. So I'm giving it a test run.

: Each account I have in Quicken has its own associated cash account. For example, "Ameritrade" is an investment account, and "Ameritrade cash" is the associated cash account. In Quicken, "Ameritrade cash" is classified as a "linked checking account". It works flawlessly in Quicken, automatically moving cash between the two accounts for stock sales/ purchases and dividends, all of which I record in "Ameritrade".

: The problem:
: I imported "Ameritrade.qif" as a sub-portfolio. No problem there. The possible "default cash account" drop-down box listed all the stocks in Ameritrade, which was of no use to me. So I converted "Ameritrade Cash" to a *.qif, and imported it, expecting to use it as the default cash account. But it has no securities in it, and strangely, no transactions to import. So that didn't work.

: How can I get the cash account and its transactions imported and associated with my new sub-portfolio?

: TIA
: Robert

Hi Robert,

When you imported the cach account's QIF file did it show any transactions listed in the preview screen? If you look at the QIF file in a text editor, do you see transactions in there?

In Fund Manager every sub-portfolio can be assigned a default cash account (which is an investment). So, you'll want to either import or manually create a cash account investment for this Ameritrade sub-portfolio, and then assign it under the Portfolio Properties dialog.

If it still looks like your QIF has transactions, but they aren't importing, feel free to email it to me, and I can take a look.

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP/2003

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