What happened to the Payee column in a Transaction report?

Kathleen Winger
Kathleen Winger Member ✭✭✭
in Reports (Windows)

I'm using the standalone version of Quicken Classic Premier on a Windows 11 laptop. I'm trying to create a report to help me find what's causing a small discrepancy between my Quicken credit card account and the same account at my bank. As such, I want a simple report with custom dates and three columns: Date, Payee and Amount. But when I choose Banking/Transaction and try to customize the Display to the above specifications, the Columns list in the Show Columns box does not contain Payee in the list of options, even after I clicked on Reset Columns. I can't find any other type of report that looks like it would produce the format I want, so what am I doing wrong?

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  • bmciance
    bmciance Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    The payee field is "description" in the transaction report.

    Quicken Windows user since 1993.

  • The Keeper
    The Keeper Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    What you’re seeing usually means the report is showing Description instead of Payee. The payees are listed under description. Click on the arrow next to the Description tab and it will sort to either ascending or descending.

    You might also try this:

    • Reports → Spending → Itemized Payees

    Then:

    • Click Customize
    • Set the Account to your credit card
    • Set your Date range

    This report should includes Payee, Date, and Amount and is very useful for finding reconciliation differences.

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  • bmciance
    bmciance Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    The payee field is "description" in the transaction report.

    Quicken Windows user since 1993.

  • The Keeper
    The Keeper Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    What you’re seeing usually means the report is showing Description instead of Payee. The payees are listed under description. Click on the arrow next to the Description tab and it will sort to either ascending or descending.

    You might also try this:

    • Reports → Spending → Itemized Payees

    Then:

    • Click Customize
    • Set the Account to your credit card
    • Set your Date range

    This report should includes Payee, Date, and Amount and is very useful for finding reconciliation differences.

  • Kathleen Winger
    Kathleen Winger Member ✭✭✭

    Thank you! That worked easily. I'm sure I'd never have figured it out on my own as I tend to expect programs to do things like correctly identifying their data fields. Just for my own satisfaction:

    1. Is this a recent "improvement?"
    2. Is there any plan to correct it?

    Thanks again!!

  • Kathleen Winger
    Kathleen Winger Member ✭✭✭

    Just FYI - When I started to work with my report, I noticed that the Payee/Description column in the report is labeled CATEGORY! I'd really like to see this corrected,

  • NotACPA
    NotACPA Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
    https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20541940#Comment_20541940

    Which report? And, is this one of Q's "canned" reports, or have you modified it?

    Q user since February, 1990. DOS Version 4
    Now running Quicken Windows Subscription, Business & Personal
    Retired "Certified Information Systems Auditor" & Bank Audit VP

  • Kathleen Winger
    Kathleen Winger Member ✭✭✭

    I created the report by going through Banking/Transaction and modifying the report criteria by using custom dates, choosing the account for which I wanted the report, and resetting the column choices to include only date, description and amount. For whatever it's worth, as I was trying to figure things out, I went through the same process several times and despite entering the same criteria each time the resulting reports became corrupted, omitting the amount column repeatedly, changing column headings …
    I ended up opening the account I wanted the report for, using the upper right gear icon, choosing More reports, choosing Register report and using the gear icon on the report to make the changes to dates and columns. The only additional step was having to uncheck Show splits. This turned out to be a much more stable and repeatable process.

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