Manually matching transactions

I can't follow the steps you took with the downloaded transactions, so I can't tell you what you might have done differently.

But the Manual Match process excludes transactions that have already been downloaded - either as "New" transactions or "Match" transactions. So if the register transaction you want to "manually match" has already been downloaded, it won't appear in the manual match dialog.

You can tell whether an existing register transaction has been downloaded by right-clicking it, then holding down CTRL while left-clicking "Copy Transaction". If you see a check mark in the "Downloaded" box and a valid date in the "Posting Date", that transaction was already downloaded (or modified by the user to make it appear to have been downloaded).

The downloaded ones are still in the downloaded transactions area where I'm accepting/modifying them.

I go to one that's been downloaded, then modify it (editing the split), and then 'accept' but there are many that haven't been accepted (that's where I think maybe I'm hitting 'enter' instead ... I really don't know why they're not accepted). So now there's one that's in the register ... like a copy of the downloaded one I guess, plus the original downloaded one in the downloaded transactions area.

Should I just delete the one from the downloaded transactions?

I'm sorry, but I'm still not able to understand what you are doing.

The best I can tell you is that there is useful information in the downloaded transaction that you may never see.

At least a portion of that information is the fact that the transaction was "downloaded" (so it will never again be subject to being "matched" to another downloaded transaction), and the "Posting Date" of the downloaded transaction (which Quicken will use for a "reconcile" when you reconcile to a "printed statement").

You can always accept a "New" downloaded transaction, learn what you want from it, then modify a previously existing transaction to seem as if it was the downloaded transaction. [Right-click the newly Accepted downloaded transaction, hold down CTRL and left-click "Copy Transaction", then note the "Posting Date" ... do the same to the existing register transaction and assign the same Posting Date and check "Downloaded").

Part of the problem is I don't understand either. Normally I go through my downloaded transactions (in this case it's pay statements). I edit the splits to put in the correct amounts for taxes and such and either click "accept" or hit "enter." For some reason, as I'd gone through and done this, not all of them were actually accepted. They were entered into the register but remained in the downloaded transactions as if they were still waiting to be accepted. I thought I could match them which was my original question, but I guess that's not the case.

So, I tried what you just suggested. I accepted a couple of downloaded transactions and went to find the download data and they both say they've been downloaded and they both have the same date of posting. They have different IDs, however.

I'm just not understanding what's going on here. It's like a duplicate in some ways, but not completely.

Oh...when I'm editing the splits, this is based off a memorized transaction so that I have all the information (categories) in there, just need to edit the amounts. Could that be part of the problem?

This problem didn't happen to all of them though, just sporadically.

Thanks for all your help so far!

Jodi

I'd make it a point to click Accept following the modifications, not Enter.

Better yet, make the paychecks scheduled transactions that remind you to enter them no later than the day your paycheck will be downloaded (and as early as you know what the split amounts will be). You can "enter" that scheduled paycheck transaction as late as when the actual transaction has been downloaded and is waiting to be Accepted - just make sure it is entered before you attempt to process the downloaded paycheck transaction. Once the scheduled transaction is entered in your register, the downloaded transaction should match it and the downloaded transaction can be Accepted with no modifications.

Better would be to note when you have modified a downloaded transaction and it appears in the register but does NOT say "Accepted" in the "Accept transactions into register" window. Take a look at the transaction in the register to see if it has the Posting Date.