Custom categories not imported from Mint CSV

Marcin

I had custom categories in Mint and already recreated them in Simplifi before import.

Unfortunately all transactions in these categories ended up as Uncategorized.

DannyB

@Coach Natalie or others who have used the import from Mint or using a CSV file will have more insights about this, but according to this support article Simplifi doesn’t import categories.

https://help.simplifimoney.com/en/articles/4413430-how-to-manually-import-transactions

This article does talk about importing from Mint but not having used Mint, I don’t know how that would work. I did a “fresh start” when I moved to Simplifi and only imported what my connected banks downloaded beginning with a set date. If I need financial date prior to that date I can get it from my previous data set in my previous accounting app.

Coach Kristina

Hello All,

For anyone experiencing an issue importing from Mint, please be aware that currently, only top level categories can be imported from Mint (which would be the default categories, not custom ones). However, we are working on making category import from Mint a reality. Please follow this Idea post for updates:

https://community.simplifimoney.com/discussion/6063/category-import-from-mint

Thank you.

madmoondog

[removed] allows you to match your import categories to correlating ones within their platform. [removed] also allows you to import the entire file vs having to break out by account. It's not rocket science to make that type of functionality available on Simplifi especially given the Quicken name behind it

jfrylove

I tried the Category Import Hack. Basically naming categories the same in Simplifi as in Mint…then since the categories are an exact match, they should upload. NEGATIVE - They all end up as Uncategorized. When importing, you can only import to Original Simplifi categories. :-( I like Simplifi buy, may have to fly away like a butterfly :-(

UrsulaA

I unfortunately, had the same result.