Entering Preexisting Shares

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,
Quoting Norman Yeh <normyeh at gmail.com>:

> Hi Derek,
>
> 1. is the Charts of Accounts page the page that shows all the 
> accounts I created?

Yes

> 2. How do I add a column to the Accounts page to show the current 
> value of the Stock accounts?

See that arrow on the right hand side of the column headings?  Click
on it.

> Thanks!
>
> Norman

-derek

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Derek Atkins
> To: Norman Yeh
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org ; Paul Schwartz
> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 08:33
> Subject: Re: Entering Preexisting Shares
>
>
> Hi,
>
> "Norman Yeh" <normyeh at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> (Paul, my apology for posting my questions to you.)
>>
>> Hi Derek,
>>
>> Your answer of adding a column is very interesting. Pls allow me to jump in
>> and ask a few questions.
>>
>> I am running GnuCash 2.2.9 under Windows XP with SP3. In you answers, pls
>> bless me with details as I am NO accountant, and NO programmer.
>>
>> 1. how do I add a column in a stock account or, for that matter, any 
>> account?
>
> You cannot.  And that's not what I said/meant.  You can add a column
> to the CHART OF ACCOUNTS page to show you the current value of the
> stock account.  You cannot add a column to the register.
>
>> 2. how do I make Perl aware of what value to put in a new column in a stock
>> account?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean here.
>
>> 3. do I need to update Perl that came with GC 2.2.9 and, if yes, how?
>
> I have no idea.
>
>> 4. how do I update GC, Perl or OFX as I see NO "check for updates" under any
>> of the GC menu items?
>
> Subscribe to the gnucash-announce list and when new updates are
> available email will get sent out; then you can download the new version
> and upgrade.
>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Norman
>
> -derek
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Derek Atkins
>> To: --- ---
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:24
>> Subject: Re: Entering Preexisting Shares
>>
>> --- --- <colonelpenguin at hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I have a question concerning the entering of pre-existing shares
>>> covered in 8.5.1 of the documentation.  Since stocks are very liquid I
>>> think it makes sense to have have the current stock value reflect on
>>> ones total and current equity.  Instead of specifying the purchase
>>> price under equity... I would like to show the current worth.  My
>>> investment value currently updates whenever I get quotes in the price
>>> editor, but the equity column remains unchanged.  Am I thinking about
>>> this wrong... or is this a limitation of GNUCash?
>>
>> Add a column "Value in Report Currency".
>> That will show you the current value based on the most recent PriceDB
>> entry.
>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
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>>
>> -derek
>>
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available