tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/switching-from-another-personal-finance-program/234-imported-ms-money-accounts-but-moneydance-mixes-the-currencies-in-some-of-the-accountsInfinite Kind: Discussion 2016-03-19T05:06:00Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/371631832015-06-18T17:14:58Z2015-06-18T17:14:59ZImported MS Money accounts, but moneydance mixes the currencies in some of the accounts<div><p>Hello</p>
<p>I imported 40 accounts with 20 years of transactions from
msmoney into moneydance.</p>
<p>When it was completed some of the accounts (original was CHF
target is CHF) many of the transactions it says the amount
deposited was another currency (GBP) and has converted the amount
using an exchange rate.</p>
<p>example CHF 6400 paid in but an exchange rate 0.4 applied so the
result deposited is CHF 3000</p>
<p>Result : Many of the 40 accounts are balanced incorrectly</p>
<p>Can this be fixed easily. It has been a long afternoon importing
and creating all these accounts and I really want to use moneydance
going forward.</p>
<p>screenshot attached.</p>
<p>Thanks<br>
Tom</p></div>Tomtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/371631832015-06-18T17:21:52Z2015-06-18T17:21:52ZImported MS Money accounts, but moneydance mixes the currencies in some of the accounts<div><p>I am afraid thee is no easy fix for this. The QIF file format
does not contain any currency information. QIF files don't specify
the currency of accounts or the exchange rates on transfers between
accounts.</p>
<p>Typically with multi-currency imports you need to create the
accounts in MD before importing into them to ensure the currencies
on the accounts in MD are correct before the import. Even so you
will still have to manually correct exchange rates on all of your
transfers post import and delete duplicates caused by the import
process. With so many accounts and so much transaction history it
may not be worth the effort to transfer your existing data.</p>
<p>Ben Spencer<br>
Infinite Kind Support</p></div>Ben Spencer