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No, it makes sense if you understand how Quicken batch imports transactions. Each transaction has a unique ID (usually assigned by the bank). If the program has never seen the ID before, the transaction gets imported. If the program has seen the ID before, it ignores it. This prevents duplicates every time you update.Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
Thanks. As you can see below, I just did it the hard way, but it's ok now. I'll try to digest your comments for future reference, as needed.John in NC said:If you deleted imported transactions, then you won't be able to import them again. (Quicken keeps track of imported transactions so that you do not get duplicates.)
The easiest solution would be to simply manually enter the missing gap. Or, you could enter a balance adjustment if you don't even want to do that.
Or, you could deactivate the account, import that July QFX into a new account, and drag the missing transactions over to your old account. Then deactivate again and setup the original account for download. But, manually entering July would likely be far easier.
Thanks for the clarification about the unique ID; it's good to know that my program isn't corrupt in that regard.Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
Don't think too much about this. :-)Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
I find that often think more than other people like to do, about things that particularly Interest me. I’m used to it and don’t mind the effort.Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
There is another way to force Quicken to reload data that has been deleted...simply open the QFX data file with a text editor like TextEdit and alter ALL the unique Transaction IDs (simply add a letter or two at the end of each one)...then save the file. Now it should load the data file.Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
Thank you for that tip. It could be useful in future.Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
ywcThomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
???Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
Reply to smayer97: Thank you for the tip. Here's a sample selection (with blank lines inserted between apparent sections, for clarity) from a QFX file opened in Text Editor. What are the lines to which I should add one or two letters so that Quicken will reimport the file? I suppose it is the line that begins with "FITD", right? What should I add there? (I trust there's no compromising data in there that, having been publicized, could haunt me later!)Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.
Yes, that is correct...any character you want, it does not matter...whatever makes the FITID unique and unlikely to repeat now or in the future.Thomas Bartlett said:Problem solved. Deleted the entire account and began from square 1, reimporting all the files. This time it showed the correct total at the end of every month.
But I still don't understand why Quicken won't allow a deleted month's transactions to be reimported.