Well, I respectfully disagree. I don't think the broker is at fault.

Okay it would be nice if the broker was consistent, but Money should not be
stuck in a loop repeating the same error over and over seemingly ignoring my
reply to the prompt that the investment is the same. This is an obvious bug
in Money.

BTW, what if I have two different brokers each one displaying a slightly
different name for the same investment? Sounds like a major problem unless
the above bug is fixed.

"Mark" <abcd[at]abcd.com> wrote in message
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An investment can't have two different names, so if the broker is using
different names (and/or identifiers) in the OFX download, that's the
problem. You'll need to contact them to have them be consistent with the
names in the download.

-Mark



"Don" <don87109[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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The Broker is OptionsXpress. The stock name in some transactions is
sometimes abbreviated or long names sometimes truncated, the symbol is the
same. For example in some transactions XYZ corporation is XYZ Corp. This
does not seem to me to be unusual, Money should be able to cope. Although
Money tries, but as I said it seems to get stuck in a loop.

"Mark" <abcd[at]abcd.com> wrote in message
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Care to name the broker?

If the broker is downloading the same investment using two different names
(or more precisely two different symbols or CUSIPs) then THAT is what is
confusing Money. The broker needs to correct this.

-Mark

"Don" <don87109[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I tried working backwards and I encountered the original problem
immediately. That is, my broker sometimes abbreviates a stock name and Money
then gives me an error message saying "I already have a similar name with
the same symbol defined, do I want to use that name", I reply yes and it
accepts it but then the error message comes up again when I click next. It
looks like it is stuck in a loop.

With all the problems associated with investment downloads I have concluded
that function does not work in Money. I give up.

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Don wrote:
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Try working backwards! Let 09/01/2005 to present post and then choose
08/01 as the start date. Depending on the download format it may show
only August since September already posted. Even if September does
show it should match to those already entered.

JB

Exporting, deleting and importing did not work well so I used my backup
file.

Then I tried to download a date range but that doesn't seem to work. Despite
having a prompt that says "date range" it only allows one date. It then
seems to download from that date to the current date. So my idea of
downloading a month at a time doesn't seem possible. Am I doing something
wrong?

I am getting pretty discouraged.

"Don" <don87109[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Yes, I have a backup. First, I may try to export the account, delete it and
then import it.

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Don wrote:
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Do you have a backup prior to your download? Maybe restore from there
and retry your limited download.

JB

I think I may know the problem. When I downloaded the transactions for the
YTD the same stock was described two different ways. Sometimes it's called
General Motors and other transactions call it General Mtrs. Apparently,
Money accepts the first description and then balks at the second
description. When it asks me if it is the same stock, I say yes and it
appears to accept it. Then when I click Next the same error pops up again. I
have repeatedly said to accept it to no avail. It's just in a loop.

There is another option which says accept as a new stock and when I do that
the same thing happens, it's just keeps looping back to the same error.

I tried deleting it from my existing portfolio, but N.G. the same thing
happens (looping).

So, despite trying every alternative Money gives me its still stuck in a
loop.

This was the first download of this account which has transactions from the
beginning of the year. If I can figure out how to get rid of the current
download, maybe I can download a month at a time and see if that works. But
I don't see anyway of deleting my current download.

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The answer to your original question is NO. Also, there's basically no
difference in the "review" process from 2004 through 2006. Editing and
deleting is done after you accept the download.

While I can appreciate your desire to skip the offending transaction
and proceed to the next, what assurance do you have you won't face the
same dilemma with those?

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Maybe say no and then edit your existing portfolio?

You said you thought you had the problem in 2002 before upgrading to
2004. Is it possible you're propagating an old issue? I think you
need to move beyond your original question and find out what it is
about your account and portfolio setup within Money that is causing the
conflict.

You didn't mention the name of the first broker, but I am not aware of
any problems with Schwab downloads recently.

Best of luck!

Regards,
JB

I don't know the file format, I configured Money to download directly from
the broker.

The bad transaction is stopping me from processing the whole batch of
transactions. I get an error message saying that the investment already
exists in my portfolio. Money asks me if I want to use the portfolio name
and when I say yes it goes back to the same error message. Looks like it is
caught in a loop.

Anyway, I can probably think of a Rube Goldberg way to solve my problem, but
what I really want is a way to delete the transaction while in the review
mode. I am pretty sure old versions maybe M98 had this capability, how can
it be that M2004 does not? Again, what is the purpose of review if you
cannot edit or delete?

Anybody know if later versions of Money allow delete or edit in the review
screen?

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Don,

When you say "bad", do you mean its preventing you from
reviewing/processing all transactions or is it just that you don't want
the "bad" one in your register?

If the former, what type of file format is the download? You may be
able to edit it outside Money to remove the offending transaction.

If the latter, deleting it in review won't help because your next
download will just try to replace it. If you don't want the
transaction to affect your balance, let it post to your register and
then manually enter an offsetting transaction.

Regards,
JB


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Using MS Money 2004.

I downloaded my investment transactions on a new account and am having
problems reviewing the transactions. Apparently one of the transactions is
bad and I want to delete it and process the rest of the transactions.
Unfortunately, I cannot find any way to delete a specific transaction while
in the "review" screen. There must be a way to delete a transaction or maybe
edit it otherwise what is the purpose of "review".

I tried selecting the transaction and right clicking the mouse but nothing
happens.

I have MS Money 2004 installed on an XP and a W98 system and both have the
same problem. I think I had the same problem with MS 2002 before I upgraded
to 2004.

I tried another Investment account that uses another broker (Schwab) and
have the same problem.