Validate and Repair File Issue

Question

Whenever I've had random problems over the years and I perform the "validate and repair file" function, the file always seems to show as validated but it always has one or two sets of notes on the validation log (2 pics attached)… sometimes it'll have both sets of the notes on it, other times just the bottom set of notes. Any suggestions on how to resolve this issue?

Quicken Kristina · Answer

Thank you for your reply,

If you want to continue troubleshooting the issue, you may want to check for any duplicate or extremely similar categories.  You can do that by going to Tools>Category List, make sure Show hidden categories is checked, make sure the dropdown is set to Full List, then review to see if there are any other categories with the same (or similar) names to the problem ones.

That may resolve the issue if the problem is being caused by duplicate or very similar categories.

There is a help article with more troubleshooting you can do for file specific issues, however, if these categories identified in the validate log aren't causing problems in your file, further troubleshooting would not be beneficial.

I hope this helps!

Brad95X · Answer

* Yes the problem categories are in use ( but they usually only have one entry per year) and they do reflect correctly. I was only trying to get rid of that "added missing category" note in the validation log.
* I had run the validate file in an attempt to get rid of a yellow "Communications Error" message in the OSU summary, but I have since resolved that issue.

Quicken Kristina · Answer

Thank you for your reply,

Are any of the problem categories in use?  If so, do the transactions that use those categories reflect correctly?

You mentioned that you run Validate when you encounter random problems.  What problems prompted this latest Validate?  Did running the Validate correct the issue?

Thank you!