Microsoft KB Archive/141973

Money: Problems Importing Quicken CGShortX Information

PSS ID Number: Q141973 Article last modified on 09-12-1997

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The Short Term Capital Gain Distribution (CGShortX) transaction provided by Quicken can be used to record and transfer money into other accounts.

However, when you import .qif files that contain CGShortX transactions, you can produce erroneous results that affect account information such as account balances.

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When you are importing a file, you might receive the following message:

Some of your transactions contained errors or inconsistencies. Money imported them as Other Income or Other Expense transactions, with the note ‘Imported information was incorrect’ in the Memo field.

= RESOLUTION =

While you are in Quicken, print a transaction report before you export the account. After you import the account into Money, print a transaction report and compare transaction reports. Manually adjust any differences.

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If you received the error message, you can search for the Imported Information Was Incorrect note to locate any transactions that contain this text in the memo field. Then, you can manually adjust any differences.

Finding the Imported Information Was Incorrect Note
  On the Tools menu, point to Find and then click Investment Transactions.   Click the Text tab.   In the Find Transactions With This Text In Any Field: box., type the following: Imported information was   Click Find.   Money then displays all the transactions, if any, that meet your criteria. Double-click any transaction you want to manually adjust. 

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the programs listed at the top of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as It becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Money does not support the CGShortX action provided by Quicken. Money does its best to interpret all transactions.

For additional information on importing files from Quicken, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q136112 TITLE : Bringing Quicken Files into Money for Windows 95

ARTICLE-ID: Q136998 TITLE : Quicken to Money 4.0: Import/Export Hints, Tips and Help

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