Importing Qif Files Into Quicken
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Convert QIF files & Financial Institution downloads to OFX, QFX, or QBO files for import into Quicken & QuickBooks. Key Features: Import data into Quicken, QuickBooks, and other OFX enabled applications. Support for Checking, Credit Card, Savings, and Stock/Investment accounts, including 401K and other retirement accounts.
See a step-by-step tutorial at the Transactions app (https://www.propersoft.net/products/transactions).

Open your Quicken company. Go to File Export QIF File. Type a name for the QIF File you want to export the data to (recommended name: Quicken Export File). Click Browse to select an export location. Choose a location easy to find, such as the desktop. In the Include in Export dialog box, select the options that best fit your. Quicken 2018 breaks a lot of the QIF transaction import functionality. It no longer goes through the Downloaded Transactions tab, so matching isn't possible. But even worse, it no longer will match up payees in the Memorized Payee list and fill in the categories. Please select 'ME TOO' on this Quicken Forum thread to show Quicken Inc that this. Import created QIF file into Quicken 2017: Now the QIF file is created, let’s switch to Quicken and import created QIF file. Before importing a QIF file make sure to backup your data. To import a QIF file, select ‘File’ ‘File Import’ ‘QIF File’, select created QIF file.

Q: What is the Quicken interchange format (QIF)?

A: The Quicken interchange format (QIF) is a specially formatted text (ASCII) file that lets you to move Quicken transactions:

From one Quicken account register into another Quicken account register, or
To/From another application that supports the QIF format.

Note: For Quicken to translate data from a text file into the Quicken register as transactions, the text file mustbe in the QIF format.

Required File Formatting:

Each transaction must end with a symbol, indicating the end of entry.
Each item in the transaction must display on a separate line.
When Quicken exports an account register or list, it adds a line to the top of the file that identifies the type of account or list. Listed below are the header lines Quicken adds to the exported files:

Header	Type of data
!Type:Bank	Bank account transactions
!Type:Cash	Cash account transactions
!Type:CCard	Credit card account transactions
!Type:Invst	Investment account transactions
!Type:Oth A	Asset account transactions
!Type:Oth L	Liability account transactions
!Account	Account list or which account follows
!Type:Cat	Category list
!Type:Class	Class list
!Type:Memorized	Memorized transaction list

You can force Quicken to import all transfers, regardless of whether Ignore Transfers is selected when the file is imported. You must add a line to the file being imported into a Quicken account. Use a text editor or word processor to put the following line right after the header line at the top of the file:

!Option:AllXfr

Items for Non-Investment Accounts

Each item in a bank, cash, credit card, other liability, or other asset account must begin with a letter that indicates the field in the Quicken register. The non-split items can be in any sequence:

Field	IndicatorExplanation
D	Date
T	Amount
C	Cleared status
N	Num (check or reference number)
P	Payee
M	Memo
A	Address (up to five lines; the sixth line is an optional message)
L	Category (Category/Subcategory/Transfer/Class)
S	Category in split (Category/Transfer/Class)
E	Memo in split
$	Dollar amount of split
^	End of the entry

Note: Repeat the S, E, and $ lines as many times as needed for additional items in a split. If an item is omitted from the transaction in the QIF file, Quicken treats it as a blank item.

Items for Investment Accounts

Field	IndicatorExplanation
D	Date
N	Action
Y	Security
I	Price
Q	Quantity (number of shares or split ratio)
T	Transaction amount
C	Cleared status
P	Text in the first line for transfers and reminders
M	Memo
O	Commission
L	Account for the transfer
$	Amount transferred
^	End of the entry

Importing Qif Files Into Quicken

Items for Account Information

The account header !Account is used in two places-at the start of an account list and the start of a list of transactions to specify to which account they belong.

Importing .qif File Into Quicken Deluxe 2018