Greg_the_Geek said: How many times are you creating a backup and then restoring? Each time creates a new dataset. Why can't you make a template copy?
Frustrated_ said: @Chris_QPW I can't imagine why you no longer use Quicken on a regular basis... 😂
Frustrated_ said: Another Q support session finished just now. The agent got me up and running for purposes of one step update, but SYNC is turned off -- otherwise, the "maximum datasets" error will return. I am grateful for the agent's courtesy and help in this regard; however, leaving SYNC turned off means I am unable to use Mobile or Web, except with the new account (see above), which allows me to add all of my FIs and allows for both error-free one step updates as well as error-free Mobile and Web use. So, why not just close this account and use the new account exclusively? Two reasons: The underlying problem is still there -- so maybe I will not experience it any time soon, but other Q customers might, and if so, they will become at least as frustrated as I have become, not to mention that invariably, I will experience this issue in the future if Q does not fix it; second, I have NUMEROUS renamed and added categories as well as highly complex reports that required a huge time investment, and I would need to reinvent the report formats (shells) and manually add the many new categories I use in the old account, which I estimate would take me approximately 6 months of time!! This is not an acceptable alternative for the long term. And, of course, paying for 2 accounts is not exactly what I had in mind when I first signed up for Quicken. Comments welcome!!
Frustrated_ said: @Drinkingbird I believe I've tried your recommendations -- and I thank you for setting this out at length! What I don't understand is what exactly you mean by datsets. You reference deleting data sets... > You can check under "quicken id and online" and delete any extra data sets, probably just 1 or 2 in there. I have, myself, deleted the data FILES I was no longer using, but data sets are something else. I was getting a disabling error message that prevented me from using any of the cloud based Quicken services. On several occasions, Q support told me they had deleted the 200+ data sets associated with my user ID, but that, evidently, was not actually done, because I kept getting the message that "maximum number of data sets" had been reached and I could not create anymore. This problem prevented me from using the cloud for anything at all, whether for a data set I might have tried to create or when I was using only my existing resources and data. I have never known how to delete a data set, as compared to a data file, which we can easily delete. I believe data sets refers to something internal which only Q Support can remove -- and even then, apparently, they have quite an issue even doing that! This is evidenced by the fact they had told me numerous times the "maximum dataset error" message should not come back, as they had "deleted all but 2 data sets" from my account. In a short time, I would again learn there were hundreds of data sets associated with my Quicken ID. However, I have now resolved this problem, which I will explain separately in my comment that follows. Again, thank you very much for your time in responding to this. The one thing I take away from this very distasteful experience is that the "maximum dataset" error is something which is tied to the user's account, and NOT to a data set file or datafile, as we call them. Thanks, again!
Cheryl Templeton said: I am having the same issue, even deleted old client Quicken files from my pc. This issue started when I updated Quicken. I now have a new client and I can not add the bank account. Mikki