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Learn more about the new features in MyWatchlist by clicking here: My Watchlist: FAQ
You may have recently imported data from the Classic MSN or my.msn.com pages to the new MSN.com Money Watchlist/Portfolio and may not have received all of your Watchlist/Portfolio data. The MSN team has resolved the issue and you can now regain access to that information by following the steps below.
Note: These steps only apply if your Watchlist has already been imported and there is data missing. If you have not already imported a Watchlist, please go to the Watchlist, sign in, and you will then be prompted to begin the import. You may need to return to this step if you find that data is missing after your first attempt to import.
Step 1: Create a new Watchlist and delete any Watchlists from previous imports
Step 2: Re-import your existing Watchlist or Portfolio data from MSN.com or my.msn.com into a new Watchlist
Step 3: Clean any erroneous data imported into your new Watchlist(s).
If you need more details about the steps, please go to this article.
If you are still having difficulties or would like to report any errors, please reply to this thread.
Thank you!
Adriana_F
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
I think you will like FT.com once you become familiar with it. Right now Im entering transactions into FT.com and I still have a long way to go. I used the old PM for 15 years, and for the most part Im only entering stocks I currently own or stocks that were sold in 2010 or later (not beyond the 3 year statute of limitations).
After two weeks of banging my head on my desk, I give up. The migration was a disaster and now it just doesn't work. I have read about a million threads of frustration like my own and figured out there is 250 entry limit. Well after 15 years of data input I probably have 25,000 entries. It would be nice if there was an option to forget the whole migration thing and just use my watchlist as viewing tool of stocks I have interest in, but no, can't do that. Still stuck with a useless site that still doesn't work properly. And to top it all, PM is gone! Nice work!
Time to throw MSN overboard and use a completely different homepage that works and provides useful information.
Whoops!
We can't show you this right now. We'll get it fixed soon.
2014-12-22T18:43:52.6679565+00:00
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Soon? next week, next year?
For me, never ever again!
Excluding the Portfolio Mgr., the site most like the ole MSN site is Yahoo except it has better info for reasons you'll see. The MSN Watchlist (the name is apropos because you can't really manage your portfolios well w/it) is so big and unwieldy. I only have one monitor so I have to open it on my laptop and then go to Yahoo on my pc for the financial info. But form follows function.
One thing I've learned. Smart people in "successful" companies can do really dumb things.
Hi Adriana,
Thanks for your help. I'm getting an error message when trying to migrate my portfolio data to the new platform. On Friday (12-19-14) I was finally able to access the PM after week of not being able to do so. I was able to make a backup of my positions using the Print Portfolio tab at the top, but that method does not provide transaction data (buys, sells, dividends, reinvestments, etc) (as others have pointed out) so I took the past two days to copy all that info down by hand. I was able to do so. Following the Migrating your Watchlist instructions (http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/3004532/en-us) I attempted to migrate my portfolio data over to the new platform today, and pleasantly found that unlike my previous attempts, all my portfolio data appeared as being eligible for transfer**. It seemed to start the migration process and then suddenly the following appeared:**
Whoops!
We can't show you this right now. We'll get it fixed soon.
2014-12-21T20:26:27.5294705+00:00
b9e1b961-92ba-4a36-aa3b-d5a8fa7f6a41
Attempts to refresh the page and try again do not work. The same error as above appears not only after after refreshing the page, but using a separate window to visit my Watchlist page at: http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/watchlist.
When I try to Retry the migration (http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/watchlist/migrationsupport) I get the following error next to each portfolio I have checked to transfer over:
! Watchlist with this name already exists. Select a new name.
**I can't access the new platform at:**http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/watchlist in order to delete the watchlists with the same names from my previous migration attempt, because, as I mentioned previously, I keep getting the following error when trying to visit that page:
Whoops!
We can't show you this right now. We'll get it fixed soon.
2014-12-21T20:26:27.5294705+00:00
b9e1b961-92ba-4a36-aa3b-d5a8fa7f6a41
Signing in and out and opening in different browsers doesn't seem to help. What am I supposed to do? Thank you.
Start drinking heavily. :-\
It doesn't surprise me when a code base is retired. There are strategic considerations here so that M/S can use the same code base to support web based and smart phone and tablet markets. What this does is allow a higher user predictability of what they will see when using this app on the different platforms. It also allows a smaller support footprint and a coherent upgrade cycle.
Very interesting, Sonora. So in other words, Portfolio Manger is being dumbed down to the level that will fit on a smartphone screen?
Essentially, yes, because a common code base is easier and cheaper to maintain. Unfortunately, using standards that all platforms subscribe to doesn't usually lead to the best user experience, and in this case, it was exacerbated by what appears to be woeful project management.
You learn from your failures much better than you learn from your successes....Comforting?
I imported my files from the old portfolio manager. Everything worked fine for several days. Now today, while the summary page comes up properly populated, when I go to the portfolio holdings tab only the security symbol, security name and current price columns are populated and the rest are blank. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?
