Payee names truncated in ledger

lindsayla18
lindsayla18 Member ✭✭✭
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Payee names are not displaying correctly in the transaction ledger. Starting around Nov 17, most Payees are truncated to just one word. For example, "Trader Joe's" is listed as "Trader" and "Manhattan Pizza" is listed as "Pizza" (see screenshot). I would prefer not to create new payee rules for something that appears to be a bug. Can this be fixed retroactively?

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  • UrsulaA
    UrsulaA Superuser ✭✭✭✭

    I noticed the same thing yesterday. Whole Green Cafe was shortened to Cafe and CVS Pharmacy was shortened to Pharmacy. This behavior is new starting with version 4.35.0.

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  • lindsayla18
    lindsayla18 Member ✭✭✭

    Thanks for chiming in, I'm glad it's not just me.

    Also, it may be worth noting that sometimes the payee is missing the first word(s) as in your examples, other times it shows only the first word (see "Trader" in my post).

  • Flopbot
    Flopbot Superuser, Beta Tester ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lindsayla18

    I haven't noticed this yet. Are these Payee names for ones that you haven't set up Renaming Rules for; they are just what Simplifi happens to download them as? Based on your original post, I'd assume that this isn't a case where Simplifi is actually ignoring your renaming rules altogether. Have you noticed the problem with any Payee with a Renaming Rule?

    Unfortunately, I'm guessing that they wouldn't be able to fix it retroactively although you could easily…

    1. Filter for just "Pizza" transactions.
    2. Select the ones that are problems and select the Edit option.
    3. Change them to the correct Payee name.
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    Chris
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  • Bgz
    Bgz Member ✭✭✭

    I saw something similar with my Comcast internet payment. Weirdly, it named the payee as 1. It did not get recognized as a recurring bill.

  • lindsayla18
    lindsayla18 Member ✭✭✭

    @Flopbot

    Good question about payee renaming rules. It looks like all occurrences of this problem are with payees that do not have renaming rules.

    I appreciate your thoughts on how to easily fix; however most of the payees affected have only one transaction at this point so I would have to edit each one individually. If the problem is resolved quickly, that would be annoying but manageable. If it goes on for a while, your method would help with any payee that has multiple transactions.

    I also realize that I could create renaming rules for all the payees affected but I'd rather the issue be fixed in the product.

  • bcrossman
    bcrossman Member ✭✭✭✭

    I've noticed this bug, too. It has caused errors in linking recurring transactions to the wrong transaction. Hope it gets fixed soon.

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