Add a CUSIP to a security

Joseph

I have a security in my security list which does not show a CUSIP, therefore downloaded transactions are showing up as Unknown Security. It is getting quotes for the security based on the ticker, but it's not accepting downloaded transactions. Is there a way to manually add the CUSIP to an existing security?

q_lurker

I am going to refer you to this closed discussion for reference: 
https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20011909#Comment_20011909

I suspect you are seeing something similar and unfortunately there is not a clean resolution.  You should edit any transactions in your Quicken file that refer to Unidentified Security to reflect the correct security.  But if the downloaded QFX file information is malformed (like a CUSIP is not correct), that will need to be corrected by the financial institution.

The other thing I would be doing if you have a small enough set of securities in Quicken -- review the CUSIPs that are associated and make sure none are the one you are wanting to enter.  If you do find a mismatch, that would be a time to uncheck the "Matched ... " box.  

q_lurker

No.  The CUSIP gets assigned by matching the online security as provided by your broker to a Quicken security.

You should be able to go to Tools, Online Center, for that financial institution, Holdings tab, and Compare to portfolio.  That should present the opportunity to match them up.  

Sherlock

The CUSIP ID is provided by the financial institution when we download transactions. The CUSIP ID is assigned to a Quicken security when we match an online security to a Quicken security.   Quicken should prompt to match an online security to a Quicken security when the financial institution provides a security with a CUSIP ID that has not been assigned to a Quicken security.  If a Quicken security has been mismatched, we may uncheck Matched with online security on the Edit Security Details window and the Quicken security will become available to be matched to an online security when Quicken next encounters an unmatched online security.

Joseph

> @q_lurker said:
> No.  The CUSIP gets assigned by matching the online security as provided by your broker to a Quicken security.
>
> You should be able to go to Tools, Online Center, for that financial institution, Holdings tab, and Compare to portfolio.  That should present the opportunity to match them up.  

When I go to Compare to Portfolio, it shows me 3 securities, and one of them is correct, but there is no way to match them up. In the Holdings tab it is identified as Unidentified Security. How would I normally redirect that to the correct security?

Joseph

> @Sherlock said:
> The CUSIP ID is provided by the financial institution when we download transactions. The CUSIP ID is assigned to a Quicken security when we match an online security to a Quicken security.   Quicken should prompt to match an online security to a Quicken security when the financial institution provides a security with a CUSIP ID that has not been assigned to a Quicken security.  If a Quicken security has been mismatched, we may uncheck Matched with online security on the Edit Security Details window and the Quicken security will become available to be matched to an online security when Quicken next encounters an unmatched online security.

In my security list, the correct security is unchecked for "matched with online security", and it is greyed out. So I don't see a way to match these up - any further ideas?

Jim_Harman

You must un-check the wrongly matched security, then the next time you have tranactions to download for that security Quicken will show a dialog that gives you the opportunity to make the correct match.

Joseph

> @Jim_Harman said:
> You must un-check the wrongly matched security, then the next time you have tranactions to download for that security Quicken will show a dialog that gives you the opportunity to make the correct match.

Unfortunately that option is greyed out. Any idea how to force it?

Sherlock

Joseph said:

> @Sherlock said:
> The CUSIP ID is provided by the financial institution when we download transactions. The CUSIP ID is assigned to a Quicken security when we match an online security to a Quicken security.   Quicken should prompt to match an online security to a Quicken security when the financial institution provides a security with a CUSIP ID that has not been assigned to a Quicken security.  If a Quicken security has been mismatched, we may uncheck Matched with online security on the Edit Security Details window and the Quicken security will become available to be matched to an online security when Quicken next encounters an unmatched online security.

In my security list, the correct security is unchecked for "matched with online security", and it is greyed out. So I don't see a way to match these up - any further ideas?

If an online security has been mismatched, we may uncheck Matched with online security on the Edit Security Details window and the online security will become available to be matched to a Quicken security when Quicken next encounters the unmatched online security.

q_lurker

I am going to refer you to this closed discussion for reference: 
https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20011909#Comment_20011909

I suspect you are seeing something similar and unfortunately there is not a clean resolution.  You should edit any transactions in your Quicken file that refer to Unidentified Security to reflect the correct security.  But if the downloaded QFX file information is malformed (like a CUSIP is not correct), that will need to be corrected by the financial institution.

The other thing I would be doing if you have a small enough set of securities in Quicken -- review the CUSIPs that are associated and make sure none are the one you are wanting to enter.  If you do find a mismatch, that would be a time to uncheck the "Matched ... " box.