Skip to content

x Want to participate? Join the group to interact
  • State Suggested Answer
  • Replies 8 replies
  • Answers 1 answer
  • Subscribers 4 subscribers
  • Views 226 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Browse Forums
Announcements
93
topics
2
replies
Making Tax Digital
49
topics
67
replies
Sage Accounting General Discussion
1k
topics
2k
replies
Sage Accounting Start General Discussion
219
topics
382
replies
Sage Individual General Discussion
37
topics
68
replies
Jenn Johnson

Import Transactions from csv

SUGGESTED
Posted By

I'm beginning to think I've made a mistake even trying out Sage! I registered for what I believe is called "Sage Individual Free", however the only time that title is used is when applying to join. After that, if I use Sage help , I have to choose my product and "Sage Individual Free" does not appear anywhere. If I choose any other product at random (just to get past this screen) I am asked for my email which, of course, is not recognised. Why does it have to be this confusing?

I log into my dashboard and click "help" on the top right of the screen. I type "how do I import transactions from csv file" and it gives me a very clear answer i.e. go to Dashboard, go to Banking, Select Actions and choose Import from Bank (or similar to that). But there is no such option. 

And there I am stuck. There is no way to contact Sage without having a "grown up" account, seemingly. Does anyone know if there is a way to import transactions from a csv file or excel spreadsheet or any other method? Or does Sage Individual Free not even have the functionality of a Word table? My bank will only transfer 90 days worth and if I have to manually type the rest, I may just as well use a spreadsheet. 

I realise this is a free service but for goodness sake, it needs some credibility and functionality.

Thanks

Jen

  • 0

    Hello Jen,

    I have Sage Accounting so I cannot promise it is the same for you.

    There are a couple of ways to find the import option - so hopefully one will help you.

    From the main page - there is an option to Go To if you select the dropdown, go to banking.  On the banking tab - you should have a display showing you the number of transactions and 'Actions'  (bottom right on mine) if you select Actions you should have the option to import transactions.  

    There are other ways to get to this but this seems the easiest - for me at least.

    Sandie

  • 0 in reply to Treasurer IOSCH

    As I said in my post, there is no such option in banking... Actions 

  • 0

    Have you tried the Banking Tab - then  use the drop down from there and select draft - then select View draft transactions and the option to import is there.

  • 0 in reply to Treasurer IOSCH

    Hi, there is no import option there either. I'm just going to give up with it. It's absolutely pathetic. All you can do is connect to bank and manually add transactions. That's far more work than using a spreadsheet. I expected more from Sage. There is also no way to contact them.

  • 0
    SUGGESTED

    Hi Jen,

    Thanks for using Community Hub.

    Sage Individual doesn't have an Import function as such. You can create transactions in sage Individual by:

    • Importing Bank Feed transactions
    • Receipt capture  / Scan
    • Manual entry

    There's more information in this article: Create Transactions

    For further Help and Support with Sage Accounting Individual, I recommend the Help Centre where there are a number of support guides and video overviews:

    Sage Accounting Individual Help

    Regards,

    Andy
    Sage UKI

  • 0 in reply to Andy Rickeard

    I realise that now, but the issue for me is the misleading information. Why does clicking the "help" menu (from the Individual Free logged-in dashboard) supply answers that don't even refer to this product?

    Furthermore, unless I'm missing something obvious, how can this product be useful to anyone who starts midway or more through the tax year? The bank connection only downloads the past 90 days of transactions so there are months and months of transactions that have to be manually added! Why would anyone spend many hours of time doing that when they could download the whole year's transactions into a spreadsheet from their bank? I realise that you have to limit functionality for a free product, but the lack of a facility to import past transactions makes it completely useless surely? Better to limit csv imports to just one or two a year for example.

  • 0 in reply to Jenn Johnson

    Hi Jenn, thanks for coming back.

    With regard to the Help articles, Sage Accounting Individual is a variant of Sage Accounting and as such the help articles for both products are retrieved by the Search option. If you check the foot of the article, the product it relates to is listed, which can help you to make sure the article applies to your product:



    I can see how confusing this can be though, so I've referred this to the digital team who look after the Help articles so they can review.

    Thank you for your feedback around the import options as well, I've referred this to the product developers for consideration.

    Regards,

    Andy
    Sage UKI


  • 0 in reply to Jenn Johnson

    Hi Jenn, further to this, I've confirmed with the product team that they are currently reviewing the import methods available for Sage Individual.

    Andy

*Community Hub is the new name for Sage City