6 digit decimal stock purchase

[Michael Carpino]

Hi John,

First thanks for helping me work through this issue as I am new to GnuCash
(a week).  I've previously used Quicken and I'm trying to convert to GC.

I'm not using a cash account to input these shares.  The reason for this is
they are preexisting transactions (before GnuCash).  What I am doing is
entering the transaction in Equity:Opening Balance and using the share
Account of Assets;Investments;Wells Fargo;Ameriprise .

I am also entering transaction for reinvested dividends using
Assets;Investments;Wells Fargo;Ameriprise, Income;Dividends, and
Expenses;Commissions.

Hope this is helpful.

Cheers,

Mike

On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 7:13 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
> On Aug 11, 2015, at 10:07 PM, Michael Carpino <mfcarpino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I checked the ledger width and it looked fine.  I widened it even further
> and it still changes it to only 5 digits.  Yes it will round.  To clarify
> my issue is with the number of shares.  I entered the shares from my
> statement which is 1.083842 then enter the dividend amount which is $16.47
> hit the enter key and boom it changes to 1.08384 and it drops the 2.
>
>
> What happens if you enter the buy from the cash account and use the
> transfer dialog to set the number of shares?
>
> It smells like you’re tripping into a hard-coded rounding action and I’m
> trying to narrow down where it might be.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>