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robert-altman
Level 2

How do I teach QB Online to enter an Expense Category when I manually enter a transaction for a particular vendor?

In QuickBooks Online, I can navigate to Expenses > Vendors and edit a Vendor to include a Default Expense Category (at the bottom of the form, under the "Accounting" heading).

 

I would expect QB to automatically enter this Expense Category when I manually enter a new "expense" enter at the bottom of the checking account register. Not so much. What am I missing?

 

The bigger issue I'm trying to solve is this: I am just using QuickBooks to record and categorize income and expenses that flow through our checking and savings accounts. The easiest view for me to use is the "register" view. I want to use the "add ..." feature at the bottom of the register to enter transactions. Can I teach QB to fill in details of a transaction after I enter the payee/vendor/employee name?

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Kevin_C
QuickBooks Team

How do I teach QB Online to enter an Expense Category when I manually enter a transaction for a particular vendor?

Hello there, Robert. I'll shed some light on automated filling of categories when creating expenses in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

 

In QBO, the default expense category you've set up will not automatically populate when manually entering an expense transaction from the account register. It will only be automatically entered when generating an expense from the + New button.

 

Regarding the option to pre-fill transaction details, it will also be usable if you generate entries from the +New button but not from the account register. If you haven't already, you can enable this from the Accounts and Settings. I'll show you how:

 

  1. Go to Settings, then pick Account and settings.
  2. Choose the Advanced tab.
  3. Click the pencil icon in the Automation section.
  4. Turn on the Pre-fill forms with previously entered content switch to enable auto-recall.
  5. Tap Save, then Done to record your changes.
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You can refer to this article for more details: Use auto-recall to pre-fill transactions in QuickBooks Online.

 

Moreover, you're unable to edit your posts or replies in this forum, as we've recently had to remove the ability for users to edit their posts due to the actions of a subset of some users who were taking advantage of it to try and direct users to potentially dangerous websites.

 

If you need to make a change to your post or add additional information, please post a Reply to the original post. If you need the post edited to remove personal information, use the Report Inappropriate Content function to send a message to our moderation team. To use this function, click on the three vertical dots that appear to the right of the post in the Community and select Report Inappropriate Content from the drop-down menu.

 

Additionally, you can check out this article to learn more about managing your income and expenses effectively and any possible errors: Learn the reconcile workflow in QuickBooks.

 

I'm all ears and ready to provide further support if you need anything else besides recording income and expense transactions in QBO. I'm always around here in the Community forum to help. Stay safe!

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robert-altman
Level 2

How do I teach QB Online to enter an Expense Category when I manually enter a transaction for a particular vendor?

Unrelated question: Is there a way to edit my post? I don't see that option anywhere.

Kevin_C
QuickBooks Team

How do I teach QB Online to enter an Expense Category when I manually enter a transaction for a particular vendor?

Hello there, Robert. I'll shed some light on automated filling of categories when creating expenses in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

 

In QBO, the default expense category you've set up will not automatically populate when manually entering an expense transaction from the account register. It will only be automatically entered when generating an expense from the + New button.

 

Regarding the option to pre-fill transaction details, it will also be usable if you generate entries from the +New button but not from the account register. If you haven't already, you can enable this from the Accounts and Settings. I'll show you how:

 

  1. Go to Settings, then pick Account and settings.
  2. Choose the Advanced tab.
  3. Click the pencil icon in the Automation section.
  4. Turn on the Pre-fill forms with previously entered content switch to enable auto-recall.
  5. Tap Save, then Done to record your changes.
    ss.png

 

You can refer to this article for more details: Use auto-recall to pre-fill transactions in QuickBooks Online.

 

Moreover, you're unable to edit your posts or replies in this forum, as we've recently had to remove the ability for users to edit their posts due to the actions of a subset of some users who were taking advantage of it to try and direct users to potentially dangerous websites.

 

If you need to make a change to your post or add additional information, please post a Reply to the original post. If you need the post edited to remove personal information, use the Report Inappropriate Content function to send a message to our moderation team. To use this function, click on the three vertical dots that appear to the right of the post in the Community and select Report Inappropriate Content from the drop-down menu.

 

Additionally, you can check out this article to learn more about managing your income and expenses effectively and any possible errors: Learn the reconcile workflow in QuickBooks.

 

I'm all ears and ready to provide further support if you need anything else besides recording income and expense transactions in QBO. I'm always around here in the Community forum to help. Stay safe!

robert-altman
Level 2

How do I teach QB Online to enter an Expense Category when I manually enter a transaction for a particular vendor?

Curious. I don't have that option. Maybe new users like me don't have that capability.

 

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Aldren18
QuickBooks Team

How do I teach QB Online to enter an Expense Category when I manually enter a transaction for a particular vendor?

The moderation team had removed the ability for users to edit their posts for security reasons, Robert. Allow me to provide further information regarding these changes.

 

Our team discovered that some users exploited this functionality to direct Community members to potentially dangerous websites. Protecting the safety of our Community is our top priority, and these changes are necessary to safeguard all users.

 

If you need to modify or add information to your post, please reply directly to your original post. For edits to remove personal information, you can use the Report Inappropriate Content function by clicking the three vertical dots next to your post and selecting that option from the list menu.

 

Additionally, I want to highlight these resources that can assist with your bank transactions in QBO to ensure thorough financial management:

 

 

This thread is always open if you have other matters to discuss. If you require help recording and reconciling your transactions in QBO, get back to me in this conversation by clicking the Reply button. I want to ensure that all of your concerns are taken care of.

robert-altman
Level 2

How do I teach QB Online to enter an Expense Category when I manually enter a transaction for a particular vendor?

due to the actions of... users who were taking advantage of it to try and direct users to potentially dangerous websites.

 

Ok, the engineer in my is really curious. Apparently, you aren't (too) worried about users including malicious links or content in the original post, but some hole in your security protocol makes it more likely that users can successfully insert malicious contents or links by editing an existing post. The only thing I can imagine is that some automation (or some human) examines the original post for malicious content, but not so much for edits to the post...

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