tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/online-banking/2296-duplicate-entriesInfinite Kind: Discussion 2016-02-14T13:38:10Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/391526172016-02-11T23:42:12Z2016-02-11T23:42:13Zduplicate entries<div><p>(I should add, the dupes only show up with the credit card.)</p></div>Luotag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/391526172016-02-12T08:53:03Z2016-02-12T08:53:03Zduplicate entries<div><p>Hi,</p>
<p>There are two methods that personal finance software can use to
access your accounts: direct connect and web connect.</p>
<p>With web connect, the software basically connects to your bank's
website and downloads and imports OFX, QFX, QIF, and OFC files
automatically. This is likely what you were using with Mint.</p>
<p>Direct connect actually connects to a server at your bank
instead of their website and usually requires different login
credentials than you would use to log into your banks website.</p>
<p>Moneydance only supports automatic connections through direct
connect and not web connect.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it appears that PNC Virtual Wallet accounts don't
support direct OFX connections, which Moneydance requires in order
to talk directly to a bank. The best way to get your transactions
into Moneydance is to use a web browser to download them from your
bank's web site. You can download into QFX, QIF, OFX or OFC files
(sometimes referred to as Quicken or MS Money files), any of which
will import cleanly into Moneydance.</p>
<p>You can also open your bank's download page directly (after
entering the appropriate address in the Account->Edit Account
menu) by going to the menu bar and selecting Online->Open
Account Website, which makes the download process easier.</p>
<p>Jenny<br>
Infinite Kind Support</p></div>Jennytag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/391526172016-02-14T03:49:50Z2016-02-14T03:49:50Zduplicate entries<div><p>Hi Jenny,<br>
Thanks for the reply. So, do you think if I switch to a normal PNC
checking account (which, as far as I know, does allow direct OFX
connections), the credit card transactions would still be
duplicated in Moneydance? Would there be any difference in the way
Moneydance and Mint handle those? Also, would MOneydance detect
these duplicates if they occur weeks or even months apart?
That’s been a major frustration with Mint.<br>
Another thing, how easy would it be with Moneydance to set up my
own sub accounts - say, for accounts that I am keeping track of
myself (for vacation, or other things) but that don’t
actually exist at my bank?<br>
Does Moneydance have the ability to import the transactions
automatically, or would I have to export the OFX etc. files from
the bank website each time? Would it be able to detect if I
imported the same file twice on accident and tell me?</p>
<p>Thanks,<br>
Carl J.</p></div>Carl Jacquestag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/391526172016-02-14T13:38:09Z2016-02-14T13:38:09Zduplicate entries<div><p>Hello Carl,</p>
<p>The OFX format, whether in a file you manually download from
your bank's website, or through a direct connection server,
contains a unique transaction ID for each transaction. What this
means is that even if you import a file that has transactions you
have already imported into Moneydance, the program will recognize
these unique transaction IDs as a transaction it has already seen
before, and will not reimport them.</p>
<p>Assuming you can move your history to a normal PNC account, what
you propose should work. However, if they don't transfer your
history to a new account, you should definitely make sure to
manually download your history before they close this account. You
may want to just continue manually downloading if moving to a new
account will be a significant amount of work.</p>
<p>You can set up sub-accounts by going to Account -> New
Account from the menu bar and choosing the account you want the new
one to be a child of in the Parent Account field.</p>
<p>I encourage you to download our free trial version from <a href="http://infinitekind.com/downloads">http://infinitekind.com/downloads</a>
and experiment with the program before you decide if you would like
to purchase it. The demo version is fully functional and allows you
to manually enter 100 transactions. Imported transactions are not
limited, so you'll be able to fully test things like importing from
other programs and connections with your bank. If you decide to
purchase the program at a later date you can keep all your data,
the license key simply unlocks the ability to manually enter more
transactions.</p>
<p>In case you haven't found it yet, our full user guide can be
downloaded from <a href="http://help.infinitekind.com/kb/user-guides">http://help.infinitekind.com/kb/user-guides</a></p>
<p>Ethan<br>
Moneydance Support</p></div>Ethan