T Tax related if included, not tax related if omittedĮĞxpense category (if category is unspecified, Quicken assumes expense type)īěudget amount (only in a Budget Amounts QIF file) LĜredit limit (only for credit card account) 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. P Text in the first line for transfers and reminders Q Quantity (number of shares or split ratio) If an item is omitted from the transaction in the QIF file, Quicken treats it as a blank item. Note: Repeat the S, E, and $ lines as many times as needed for additional items in a split. SĜategory in split (Category/Transfer/Class) LĜategory (Category/Subcategory/Transfer/Class) The non-split items can be in any sequence:ĪĚddress (up to five lines the sixth line is an optional message) Use a text editor or word processor to put the following line immediately after the header line at the top of the file:Įach 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 To do this, add a line to the file being imported into the Quicken account. Quicken can be configured to import all transfers, regardless of whether Ignore Transfers is selected when the file is imported. !Type:Memorized Memorized transaction list !Account Account list or which account follows !Type:Oth L Liability account transactions !Type:Invst Investment account transactions
!Type:CCard Credit card account transactions Listed below are the header lines Quicken adds to the exported files: 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. Each item in the transaction must display on a separate line.
Note: For Quicken to translate data from a text file into the Quicken register as transactions, the text file must be in the QIF format.Įach transaction must end with a symbol, indicating the end of entry. The Quicken interchange format (QIF) is a specially formatted text (ASCII) file that enables Quicken transactions to be moved from one Quicken account register into another Quicken account register, or to or from other programs that support the QIF format.