Add support for complex searches (using ==, >, exact match) on accounts filters (35 Legacy Votes)

Quicken Community · November 2016

Add support for complex searches (using ==, >, exact match, etc.) on accounts filters

smayer97 · November 2016

I suspect using syntax like that would appeal to only a very small technically minded population.

That said, the general idea is still valid; to provide a way to search for 'not equal to', 'greater than', 'less than', 'contains', 'exact match', 'starts with', 'ends with', etc. both within an account or across accounts.

It should also include a few more features:

ability to perform AND and OR type searches
ability to select which field(s) to search, that is one or more specified fields

This is mostly available in QM2007. There should be something equivalent in the new Quicken for Mac, etc.

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smayer97 · November 2016

I also highly recommend that you browse through the IDEAS section of this forum and VOTE for the request of each of the missing features to be added back into Quicken for Mac....to help direct the priorities of the developers.

To do that, I suggest you read this FAQ on how to filter the IDEAS to just show the ones for the Mac version, then VOTE to your heart's content:
https://getsatisfaction.com/quickencommunity/topics/quicken-getsat-faq-how-to-filter-conversations-d...

The following are some of the many feature requests you will find:

and many others.

Be sure to scroll down each page, as some contain lists of related features. Click on the link to EACH IDEA separately that you are interested in, then click the VOTE button at the top of EACH page that opens up respectively to increase the count and therefore its visibility to the developers.

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smayer97 · November 2016

You may also want to add your VOTE for other features related to Data Entry and Usability Options and Features.

First, click on the underlined link, then be sure to scroll down the page, as it contains a list of related features. Click on the link to EACH IDEA separately that you are interested in, then click the VOTE button at the top of EACH page that opens up respectively to increase the count and therefore its visibility to the developers.

(If you find this reply helpful, please be sure to click "Like", so others will know, thanks.)

smayer97 · November 2016

I also highly recommend that you browse through the IDEAS section of this forum and VOTE for the request of each of the missing features to be added back into Quicken for Mac....to help direct the priorities of the developers.

To do that, I suggest you read this FAQ on how to filter the IDEAS to just show the ones for the Mac version, then VOTE to your heart's content:
https://getsatisfaction.com/quickencommunity/topics/quicken-getsat-faq-how-to-filter-conversations-d...

The following are some of the many feature requests you will find:

and many others.

Click on each link above, then be sure to scroll down each page, as some contain lists of related features. Then VOTE on EACH IDEA separately that you are interested in.

If you do not click VOTE at the top of the page of each feature, your vote will NOT be counted for THAT specific feature!

(If you find this reply helpful, please be sure to click "Like", so others will know, thanks.)

Crashmeister · February 2017

This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Allow exclusions in search.

Please allow for exclusions in the search such as -xxx.

Example: I use asset accounts to simulate Savings Goals. When viewing the parent account, I sometimes want to exclude all 'goal' transactions from the view, to see a more accurate depiction of what is going on inside the actual account.

By allowing a search criteria, such as -goal (note the minus sign), the search should show all transactions that do not contain 'goal'.

This would be most useful in other situations as well.

Thanks.
Craig.

Robert B · February 2018

smayer97 (QM2007, CDN user since '92) said:
I suspect using syntax like that would appeal to only a very small technically minded population.

That said, the general idea is still valid; to provide a way to search for 'not equal to', 'greater than', 'less than', 'contains', 'exact match', 'starts with', 'ends with', etc. both within an account or across accounts.

It should also include a few more features:
ability to perform AND and OR type searches

ability to select which field(s) to search, that is one or more specified fields

This is mostly available in QM2007. There should be something equivalent in the new Quicken for Mac, etc.

If you find this feature helpful, please be sure to click "VOTE" above to increase the count of this post and therefore its visibility to other users and to the developers.

If you do not click VOTE at the top of the page, your vote will NOT be counted!

Click "Follow" at the top if you want to receive notifications of any updates to this thread.

The creation of a report in QM2007 was very well designed. QM2018 needs to have better report functions, i.e:

gerbouff · February 2020

The ability to search "all transactions" is very useful. Enhancing the searching ability to use "and", "or", "contains", "does not contain", "date range", "amount range" conditions would make it a million times more useful!

jacobs · February 2020

@gerbouff Your new Idea post was merged into this existing Idea thread for advanced search capabilities. Please be sure to vote for it by scrolling up to the top of the thread and finding the blue box under the first post, and then clicking the little gray triangle under the vote counter.

dsnidey · December 2021

It's time to overhaul the filter and search functionality in the register. The pull-downs for Date, Type, Status are handy but too limited. How about a full Filter + Search capability where I can filter on a specific tag, like Groceries, then search within those results using the Search capability. Allow the combination of multiple filters. Also rethink the buttons for Transactions | Spending | Income as these are redundant. I realize Reports can do a lot of this, but I have done extensive projects in Quicken and the best tool is the register, not reports. Reports are fussy and time-consuming.

Quicken Jasmine · December 2021

Hi @dsnidey,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community with your request.

I went ahead and merged your Idea to this active Idea thread regarding this topic.

Ideas are reviewed by our Development and Product teams to see what features people would like to have available in the future. Please, be sure to add your own vote as well by clicking the up arrow (see example below).

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Thank you,
Quicken Jasmine

garry4 · January 2022

>>It's time to overhaul the filter and search functionality in the register.<< --YES THIS--it's so frustrating that a database has such limited search/filter functionality.

AGGSpeaker · June 2022

I'd sure love it The "Search All Visible Columns" search box in transaction view could have improved search options using nested operators similar to Gmail or Evernote. For example I used to rename Apple charges as iTunes which just kind of stuck around. Eventually I changed it to "Apple Apps" as we use Quicken for our small business CC expenses which has some of those as well. Therefore entries are mixed for business and personal entertainment. I would love to be able to do something like ("Apple OR iTunes" after: 3/15/2022 -category:Entertainment). Another is ranges similar to dates. (e.g. Within the last 14 days). Google lets you search for numeric values in a range e.g. "Chevy 1955..1957" which provides all the values between 1955,1956, and 1957. Quicken is all about finding stuff. But having to always do so in the Reports section is tedious for one-off searches.

Quicken Jasmine · June 2022

Hello @AGGSpeaker,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community with your request.

I went ahead and merged your Idea to this active Idea thread regarding this topic.

Ideas are reviewed by our Development and Product teams to see what features people would like to have available in the future. Please, be sure to add your own vote as well by clicking the up arrow (see example below).

Thank you!

A Brown · August 2022

have a feature where you can search via multiple criteria like payee name and amount threshold (example less than 20.00). also an ability to save said search criteria

Quicken Anja · August 2022

Hello @A Brown,

Thank you for reaching out to the Community with your request.

I went ahead and merged your Idea to this already active Idea thread regarding this topic.

Thank you!

Fred8 · August 2023

https://community.quicken.com/profile/smayer97 suggestion is spot on:

It should also include a few more features:

ability to perform AND and OR type searches

This one change would greatly increase the utility of the reports.

Tom Claffy · August 2023

After researching reports capabilities, I see that Quicken supports replacing data directly from reports. Based on the very powerful search capabilities in the reports customize window, this need seems to be have been met.

jacobs · August 2023

I see that Quicken supports replacing data directly from reports. Based on the very powerful search capabilities in the reports customize window, this need seems to be have been met.

Definteitely not! This request is for complex/compound searches. Depending on what you're searching for, you might be able to get what you want. If you want to search only current and former checking accounts for a certain tag, you can do that. But if you want to search those accounts for matching text in a memo field, you can't. If you want to search those accounts for transactions which do NOT have a specific tag, you can't. If you want to search an account for transactions over $500, you can't. If you want to find any old transactions between $1,000 and $1,500, you can't. Etc. The request is for searches which are exact matches, number ranges, or compound criteria — none of which is currently possible.

phil66 · September 14

Nobody should have to justify giving the MacOS version parity with the Windows version. Having to vote for a feature that previously existed in Windows is bad form. I'm not talking about making huge improvements, just not forgetting/dropping features that loyal users were using and then finding out after dishing out money for upgrades that they were taken away.

jacobs · September 14

@phil66 Nothing was “taken away”; many things just haven’t yet been created for the Mac version, which was rebuilt from the ground up last decade. And the purpose of Ideas here and voting for them is to help influence the priority ordering of feature development.

It would be great if the developers could create all the desired features in a snap, but they can’t; Quicken is complex software, and the Mac development team is pretty small — so it’s taking many years for them to work their way through all the feature requests.

jimbean2 · December 1

It would be very helpful to have the ability to filter reports by amounts. Additionally, it would be great to have a report option that sets up three columns: one for positive amounts, one for negative amounts (debit/credit), and a running balance.

The filters in Quicken 2007 were outstanding, well-organized, and very intuitive.

Quicken 2007 Filters Screen:

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Add support for complex searches (using ==, >, exact match) on accounts filters (35 Legacy Votes)

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