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A simple way to handle that in QMac is to make sure the Status column is showing (menu View > Columns > Status, indicated by a black dot in the column header). There will be an icon (either a blue dot or blue pencil) in that column for each incoming transaction. Just go through the transactions one at a time as you did before, and as you finish with each one, click the icon and Reviewed. The icon will disappear. You will know you've done them all when the Status column is blank.
If you want to see only those transactions that you have not yet dealt with, then click the Any Status button at the top and choose Not Reviewed to see only transactions that you have not marked as Reviewed.
I've trained QM2017 to assign the category "Consulting Income (Business)" to mobile and ATM deposits. Should the deposit not be from business income, I change the category manually.
For one, I don't understand why doing this in QM is so terrible difficult.
For me, I find that workflow more streamlined and simpler than having a separate download acceptance window.
I understand that others have a different opinion and I don't mind it getting implemented (as long as it does not become mandatory).
However,when I upgraded to QM2017 is when the fun really started, I have since gone subscription and now use 2018 with no improvement with accuracy and ease of matching transactions whether I manually enter and download or not.
I have some match transactions automatically cleared and renewed by themselves, some cleared and not reviewed and others that duplicate learned transactions with some reviewed and some not. i also have recurring transactions that no longer match but are overwritten "bills" and only show downloaded and don't indicate that they are cleared. I also have reconciled transactions that still show not reviewed. On an average download done once a week I spend 10-15 minutes fixing all of the mismatches, cleared not cleared and reviewed not reviewed.
Again, I consider your work flow a work around.
However, you seem to have many problems that are not going to be fixed by a separate download acceptance workflow. Transactions that get marked reviewed without your intervention, and transactions that download and are not marked as cleared... these should never happen.
Personally, I manually enter most everything before downloading, taking advantage of autofill to make it easy. I rarely have a mismatch when I download, and if I do, it's usually a no-match and points to something I entered wrong or didn't enter at all.
I have notified Technical support of the odd behavior and I haven't heard back. Guess I need to call them. With that said I know their answer, my files are corrupted and I'll need to start over. There used to be a method for QM2007 would review the file and correct errors it detected so you don't loose 10 years of bank and investment data.
I will contact tech support because I believe that the way a downloaded transaction should be handled,especially if they are automated, should be consistent.
It's a big enough problem for me that I may end up switching to another application.
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One particular use for me is something I haven't noticed anyone mention: this helps me watch for unauthorized transactions. I don't reconcile on a daily basis. I might check my bank transactions each week, usually every other. Rather than having to log into the bank website or rely on their fraud prevention, I have been able to download transactions and line-by-line approve them, watching for anything unusual. I absolutely hate not having that option.
It's also frustrating that it doesn't always match things well. I have several automatic transactions that happen every single month to different payees but the same amount within a few days of one another. Will it match them correctly each time? I never know. This is another use I have for the manual acceptance.
Please bring it back.
As it stands now, there is no easy way for Quicken to split transactions that are downloaded as it does not have the info needed to make that determination. There are 4 ways to try to manage this:
- pre-enter the transaction with the splits before downloading, so a match can occur.
- set-up a scheduled transaction with the splits, so a match can occur.
- when the transaction is downloaded, go an enter a second transaction from the list of payees that has the desired splits. Then perform a manual match (click and drag one over the other).
- update the split after the transaction has been downloaded.
For Quicken to assume that a pre-existing transaction with entered splits is to be used is not easy because, though that may be what you want, it may not be what another user wants, and there is no way for Quicken to know when to use the split and when not to. So, this is one process that will always require user intervention, with above as work-arounds.I guess, one feature request would be to have an option that says "Always use this Payee and splits when matching" (similar to the Lock Payee Categorization feature request here:
Add ability to LOCK a payee and categorization. This would be a new feature request, since it does not exist in any Quicken product.
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So although a nice and desirable feature, that is why this would be a NEW feature beyond the scope of this request, although it is related (as this IDEA thread is about 'RESTORING' what already exists in other Quicken products). And why the work-around is one of the above-mentioned options.
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I have been on this tread since it’s early postings. I appreciate all the suggested workarounds, which I have tried or implement, and my experience is they can help but I have not had a monthly reconciliation since I upgraded from QM2007 to QM2015 that didn’t have at least one transaction that slipped by and resulted in the painstakingly difficulties of manual effort to delete an automatic cleared transaction.
We had the tool then it was taken away and now we want it back.
FYI, I’m running OSX 10.13 and my wife is running Windows 10, lastest release, under the subscription program.
dragging and dropping an entered transaction does help with getting splits right but doesn’t necessarily teach the program. Here’s an example. I have a few dozen reoccurring transactions actions that if I fail to mark paid/deposited the transaction is deleted from the register and sows up as downloaded. When the recurring transaction isn’t matched I’ll drag and drop it on the download transaction, if it’s been paid, and the same error continues to happen month after month. I’ve discussed this with Q Customer Support and they tell me they’ve never seen this issue even though I’ve called several times.
In a previous post smayer lists 4 ways to manually match downloads and I’ve tried them all, one point I’d like to reiterate, with reoccurring transactions is mark them paid.