Exporting Instructions: Mortgage Quest

In order to export data from Mortgage Quest, you need to know the basics of how to create a report in Mortgage Quest. For information on how to create reports and queries, please read through the "Using Queries to Find People" and "Creating and Using Custom Reports" sections of the Mortgage Quest 2.6 User Manual.

  1. To export your data, select File, then Export from the main menu of Mortgage Quest.
  2. The Report Manager screen appears. Select the New button.
  3. Select which data set you wish to export (borrowers, contacts, or both which is card view report). Do not use card view if you are planning to import to another copy of Mortgage Quest.
  4. The Report Queries screen will appear. With the All Data query highlighted, select Save As and name it Export Data (Note: you may create your own query instead if you only want specific records by using the New button).
  5. The Export Data query should now appear on the list, highlight it, and click Select.
  6. The Select Fields screen will appear, double click on the fields shown in the left so that they appear on the right in the exact order you want them exported, and only choose the fields you want to export. Click Ok when you are satisfied with the field list on the right hand side.
  7. The "Type of Output" window appears. The default selection is a comma delimited text file (ascii). Click Ok. (Note: you may change the output file name, but the name must start with the letters MQ_. You cannot change the destination of the export file.)
  8. It will prompt you to export the data file, click Yes.
  9. After it is done exporting, a file called MQ_TEMP.TXT is created in your Mortgage Quest root directory (i.e. C:\MQW25 or C:\MQUESTW).
  10. To put the file on a floppy diskette, use File Manager or Windows Explorer to drag the file from your Mortgage Quest directory to your floppy disk drive and you are done.

To email the file:

  1. Know where the file is you want to email.
  2. Open your email program and write the message you would like to send.
  3. Address the email to data@intouchtoday.com.
  4. Find the attach button (on the toolbar (at top) of the email). Click on it.
  5. Browse to where the file (logo or photo) is you want to send.
  6. Choose ATTACH.
  7. Send the email.
  8. We will confirm receipt.