Export
The menu File > Export has only two options: CSV files (comma-separated values) and Portfolio Performance XML.
CSV files (comma-separated values)
Selecting the "CSV Files" option will reveal an additional panel for specifying the type of information to be exported. The exported CSV file utilizes the UTF-8 encoding, a universal and widely used method for converting text to bytes. This encoding can represent any character in the Unicode standard, encompassing over 140,000 characters from various languages and scripts. The importance of the encoding becomes apparent when importing the CSV file. Most programs, such as Excel, can accurately recognize the encoding. However, for PP's Import function, it's crucial to choose the correct encoding.
As you can see, there are two deposit accounts (EUR and USD) and one security account (Broker-A) in Figure 1. The USD deposit account is used for share-3, which is expressed in USD.
If you have securities in a different currency than the portfolio base currency such as in Figure 1, you can convert the historical quotes to the base currency by checking Convert all quotes of securities to portfolio base currency. Please note that this option does not convert the purchase prices, fees, ... that might be expressed in another currency.
Account Transactions
For each Deposit account, you can export all transactions (buy, sell, deposit, ...). For each transaction the following fields are exported: Date, Type, Value, Transaction Currency, Taxes, Shares, ISIN, WKN, Ticker Symbol, Security Name, and Note.
It's not possible to select multiple accounts.
Securities Account Transactions
Only the Buy and Sell transactions are exported from the securities account; not dividends. The following fields are exported: Date, Type, Value, Transaction Currency, Gross Amount Currency, Gross Amount, Exchange Rate, Fees, Taxes, Shares, ISIN, WKN, Ticker Symbol, Security Name, and Note. Unfortunately, the date contains the time of day of the transaction (e.g. 2021-01-15T00:00), which makes it a text field in Excel. You can create a custom date format in Excel to handle this kind of dates.
Securities
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Master Data: For each security in the portfolio, the following fields are exported:
ISIN, WKN, Ticker Symbol, Security Name, Currency, andNote. -
All historical quotes are organized with a dedicated column for each security, using the ticker symbol as the column heading. Each date containing a historical quote corresponds to a row with the respective price added in the relevant column. In cases where a security has no recorded price for a particular date, the corresponding cell is left empty.
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All transactions and dividends: with this option, you can export all buy, sell, and dividend transactions. The exported fields are (in German): Datum, ISIN, Name, Typ, Transaktion, Preis, Anzahl, Kommission, and Steuern. The date format does not contain time of day info.
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VINIS-App: The VINIS app is a mobile application for iPhone and Apple Watch that helps users set, track, and achieve their financial goals. The app allows users to create custom goals and key figures, and to link them to external data sources such as Google Sheets, Excel, or Numbers documents. The app also provides visualization, prediction, and reminder features to help users monitor their progress. The following fields are exported: Funds sum, Securities purchase price, Securities market price, Total assets purchase price, Total assets market price, Earnings current year, Earnings last year, Earnings total, Capital gains current year, Capital gains last year, Capital gains total, Realized capital gains current year, Realized capital gains last year, Realized capital gains total.
Historical Quotes
Similar to the previous description of "All historical quotes," the export includes all available prices for the selected security. The exported data comprises two fields: Date (without the time of day) and Quote.
Portfolio Performance XML
This command is identical to the File > Save command or the File > Save as menu command with option XML.