Yes, that seems to work. I didn't realize "Recover Account" appends (it
sounds like it would wipe out all transactions and replace them). Thanks
for the reply!

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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That's great! Thanks! I was a bit confused by the naming convention;
"Recover Account" sounds like it was going to replace all transactions in the
account. Happy to see that it just appends.

The differences in the imports (to me) seem then to be:

1) "Import-> Recover Account" seems to import data and represent the data in
how it's formatted in the QIF file, but doesn't do any reconciliation.

2) "Import-> Download Statement" ignores categories and splits, but does
reconciliation.

Thanks again for getting me on the right path!

"Michael Gordon" wrote:

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You cannot import a QIF Statement and maintain category information. You
have to Import using "Recover Account" in order to bring in categories. This
method does NOT allow for reconciliation with pre-existing transactions, so
make sure you do not already have that transaction in the register before
doing the import.



The split will come through fine

--
Michael Gordon


"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Hemol wrote:

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Have you tried importing as a New or Recovered Account?

I have an external database I'm formating deposits from which need to be put
in Money as split categories (single transaction). I'm formating my own QIF
file for this. I used the Export files format as a template.

The problem I'm having is when importing I'm losing both Categories and
Split Transactions (it treats a split like a single item).

To test, I've Exported my account data and then re-Imported that exact file
(no changes) and no categories are imported AND split transactions are not
imported! Am I missing something here?!? Microsoft is Exporting a QIF that
it can't Import properly? Can Money not handle importing Categories and/or
Splits? I searched Money looking for a setting that might turn off this
option, but I can't find anything that looks like it would prevent catagories
and splits from importing properly.

Here is a very simple version of the QIF file I'm trying to import:

!Type:Bank
D9/5'2007
Mdeposit of 9/5/2007
LAuto
T500.00
SAuto
Eparts
$300.00
SAuto
Egas
$200.00
^

I've played around with the file a ton, but can never get categories and
splits to show up. In the above, "Auto" is the category (only 1 in this
simplified example). When I import the above, I simply get a deposit
transaction of $500 with a memo of "Mdeposit of 9/5/2007". The split info
and category info doesn't show up (and I do have a category of "Auto"
defined).

Any help is great appreciated as I am pulling my hair out over this. It
just doesn't seem like it should be this hard.