Entering 100-200 transactions in a split?

I currently use Quicken 2002. I have 1 credit card that pays airline miles,
so I use
it for almost everything & pay it in full each month. As a result, I
typically have more than 100 transactions on this card in a month. I would
like to track these transactions, unfortunately Quicken '02 only allows 30
transactions per split. Does Money 2004 have the ability to enter unlimited
transactions in a split? If so, is it easy (possible?) to import Quicken
records into Money?

TIA

Dan

Jeff
Sat Jan 31 15:23:03 CST 2004

Bill,

The most I've done is probably 10 - 15, but I just went into the field where
you split a transaction and went to the Help button. Here's what it said:

"You can enter as many categories as you want and break the transaction down
as far as you can."

This would lead me to believe that it is possible. As far as it being easy
I would say definately. You can set it up as a scheduled payment with the
splits already preconfigured. Then all you have to enter is the amounts.
Although with 100 transactions I'm sure you'll have misc. ones that you
enter on the fly.

Hope this helps,

--
Jeff Atherton
http://www.4mywealth.net



"Bill" <abadaba@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I currently use Quicken 2002. I have 1 credit card that pays airline
miles,
> so I use
> it for almost everything & pay it in full each month. As a result, I
> typically have more than 100 transactions on this card in a month. I
would
> like to track these transactions, unfortunately Quicken '02 only allows 30
> transactions per split. Does Money 2004 have the ability to enter
unlimited
> transactions in a split? If so, is it easy (possible?) to import Quicken
> records into Money?
>
> TIA
>
> Dan
>
>

via_newsgroup
Sat Jan 31 15:43:31 CST 2004

In microsoft.public.money, Bill wrote:

>I currently use Quicken 2002. I have 1 credit card that pays airline miles,
>so I use
>it for almost everything & pay it in full each month. As a result, I
>typically have more than 100 transactions on this card in a month. I would
>like to track these transactions, unfortunately Quicken '02 only allows 30
>transactions per split. Does Money 2004 have the ability to enter unlimited
>transactions in a split?

I don't know. That is not listed here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;171421



>If so, is it easy (possible?) to import Quicken
>records into Money?

It usually is. There is a downloadable 60 day trial that can convert
Quicken 2002 files to see the effects.

That said, it is not normal to enter a credit card payment with a
bunch of splits. Instead you would have a credit card account. In
that account would be various transactions. There would typically be
one checking-to-credit card transfer that would be your monthly
payment. http://www.bollar.org/msmoney/#Q53 and beyond get into
this.

Chris
Sat Jan 31 16:39:32 CST 2004

Are you tracking the transactions when you pay your credit cart bill every
month? Money will track the details you want, but not the way you describe.
Enter the individual transactions in a credit card account. Categorize them
as you wish. Then pay if off at the end of the statement period with a
transfer from checking. There's also a 'category' called 'Credit Card
Payment' which is just a transfer in disguise.

The purchase transactions with the credit card are expenses. The payment is
not an expense.

--
Chris Cowles,
Gainesville, FL

"Bill" <abadaba@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I currently use Quicken 2002. I have 1 credit card that pays airline
miles,
> so I use
> it for almost everything & pay it in full each month. As a result, I
> typically have more than 100 transactions on this card in a month. I
would
> like to track these transactions, unfortunately Quicken '02 only allows 30
> transactions per split. Does Money 2004 have the ability to enter
unlimited
> transactions in a split? If so, is it easy (possible?) to import Quicken
> records into Money?
>
> TIA
>
> Dan
>
>

William
Sun Feb 01 14:43:15 CST 2004

Even better, set up the credit card account to download the transactions
online. Why should you have to reenter them. You have to categorize them
the first time, or even quickly once a month. You simply transfer funds
from your checking account once a month to pay off the credit card account,
something you most likely do anyway. Since online credit transactions show
up rather quickly now a days, when you open money, and it is set to download
transactions, and the credit card account is included inthis exercise, you
may see the charges in your account even before you usually got around to
entering them yourself.


--
William L. Oppenheim, M.D.
woppenhe@ucla.edu
"Chris Cowles" <NoSpam@For.me> wrote in message
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> Are you tracking the transactions when you pay your credit cart bill every
> month? Money will track the details you want, but not the way you
describe.
> Enter the individual transactions in a credit card account. Categorize
them
> as you wish. Then pay if off at the end of the statement period with a
> transfer from checking. There's also a 'category' called 'Credit Card
> Payment' which is just a transfer in disguise.
>
> The purchase transactions with the credit card are expenses. The payment
is
> not an expense.
>
> --
> Chris Cowles,
> Gainesville, FL
>
> "Bill" <abadaba@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e$D0RqD6DHA.2524@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I currently use Quicken 2002. I have 1 credit card that pays airline
> miles,
> > so I use
> > it for almost everything & pay it in full each month. As a result, I
> > typically have more than 100 transactions on this card in a month. I
> would
> > like to track these transactions, unfortunately Quicken '02 only allows
30
> > transactions per split. Does Money 2004 have the ability to enter
> unlimited
> > transactions in a split? If so, is it easy (possible?) to import
Quicken
> > records into Money?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
>
>