You can add a column by clicking the columns button on the bottom toolbar, right clicking on any column header, or clicking menu View > Columns.
For online connected accounts, you can use those methods to add the "Posted" column which you show what the bank transmitted as the posted date. (For non-connected accounts, this column will be blank.) Be sure that in Quicken > Settings > Connected Services, the checkbox "Use posted date…" is unchecked so that your manually entered date does not get changed to the posted date for matched transations.
The is also available the Entered column, which will show you date you entered the transaction; useful if that's not the date you manually entered in Date. Finally, there's a Modified column to show you the last date the transaction was a edited.
If none of these do exactly what you want, you can turn on the Action column. This column isn't really used for anything useful, so you can put in there whatever you want. And, of course, you can also use the Memo/Notes column.
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Can I add a custom field to an account

I'd like to add a custom field to an account because I want to keep track of a transaction date and posting date for my bank accounts. Is that possible?
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@ithinkimadeamistake If you click the Gear icon at the top right of the account in Q, you can use "Register Columns" in the dropdown menu to have both dates visible in your account.
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(Edit: Corrected a "Option" to "optional"….in italics in the last sentence of this post.)
@ithinkimadeamistake - Another way to access the Register Columns drop-down menu is to click on the icon that appears to be a Table or Calendar that is directly above the scroll bar on the right side of the Account Register.
Here is what having both the Transaction Date and Posting Date columns in the Account Register looks like:
Note: Unless one manually enters the transaction before it is downloaded, the dates in both the Date and the Posting Date columns will be identical and will be the Posting Date. If the transaction is not first manually entered with the Transaction Date in the Date column, then after the transaction downloads, the date in the Date column can be edited to show the Transaction Date. (The Posting Date cannot be edited because that is the financial institution's actual record.)
There are other places you can enter dates and information should you wish:
- MEMO field: A default column. Information entered here can be used as a filter in reports. NOTE: Some FIs will download data into the Memo field and it will overwrite what we might have previously entered here. To prevent that from happening and to retain the info we previously entered, go to Account Details > Online Services tab > check the box for Don't update memo when downloading.
- NOTES field: This is an optional column. Information entered here will not show up in most (if not all) reports, nor can it be used to filter those reports.
You might want to play around with the various options some to see what options best meets your needs/wants. For me, it seems best to only show those columns that I really need because the Account Register and transactions can become very "crowded" by adding more columns than that. (That's the main reason why I exclude the
Optionoptional and, IMO, totally unnecessary "Amount" column.)Quicken Classic Premier (US) Subscription: R62.16 on Windows 11 Home
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Hello @ithinkimadeamistake,
Are you referring to adding an extra column to the top of the register?
Let me know!-Quicken Jasmine
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Oops I posted in the wrong area. I'm using quicken classic for windows. I'll post there, thanks.
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Hello @ithinkimadeamistake,
I have moved this thread to the correct category, there is no need to make a new post!
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@ithinkimadeamistake If you click the Gear icon at the top right of the account in Q, you can use "Register Columns" in the dropdown menu to have both dates visible in your account.
Q user since February, 1990. DOS Version 4
Now running Quicken Windows Subscription, Business & Personal
Retired "Certified Information Systems Auditor" & Bank Audit VP1 -
(Edit: Corrected a "Option" to "optional"….in italics in the last sentence of this post.)
@ithinkimadeamistake - Another way to access the Register Columns drop-down menu is to click on the icon that appears to be a Table or Calendar that is directly above the scroll bar on the right side of the Account Register.
Here is what having both the Transaction Date and Posting Date columns in the Account Register looks like:
Note: Unless one manually enters the transaction before it is downloaded, the dates in both the Date and the Posting Date columns will be identical and will be the Posting Date. If the transaction is not first manually entered with the Transaction Date in the Date column, then after the transaction downloads, the date in the Date column can be edited to show the Transaction Date. (The Posting Date cannot be edited because that is the financial institution's actual record.)
There are other places you can enter dates and information should you wish:
- MEMO field: A default column. Information entered here can be used as a filter in reports. NOTE: Some FIs will download data into the Memo field and it will overwrite what we might have previously entered here. To prevent that from happening and to retain the info we previously entered, go to Account Details > Online Services tab > check the box for Don't update memo when downloading.
- NOTES field: This is an optional column. Information entered here will not show up in most (if not all) reports, nor can it be used to filter those reports.
You might want to play around with the various options some to see what options best meets your needs/wants. For me, it seems best to only show those columns that I really need because the Account Register and transactions can become very "crowded" by adding more columns than that. (That's the main reason why I exclude the
Optionoptional and, IMO, totally unnecessary "Amount" column.)Quicken Classic Premier (US) Subscription: R62.16 on Windows 11 Home
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@Boatnmaniac did you mean "optional"? If not, what's the "Option" column?
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Thanks for the catch on my typo. I corrected my post to show "optional" instead of "Option".
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Thanks @NotACPA and @Boatnmaniac this is exactly what I needed.
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