mutual fund purchase doesn't reduce cash balance

[Derek Atkins]

Jason McLaren <gnucash at fnord.ca> writes:

> > How did you enter the transaction?
> 
> I opened the FOO965 account and entered the transaction in Basic
> Ledger mode, choosing the Cash account in the Transfer column, and
> entering the appropriate amounts in the Shares, Price, and Buy columns.

Hmm.. That should still work just fine.

> Your question prompted me to try entering the transaction from the
> Cash account, choosing the FOO965 account in the Transfer column, and
> entering the appropriate amount in the Withdrawal column.  That
> brought up a Transfer Funds dialog where I got to choose the exchange
> rate between the two commodities.  After that the transaction appeared
> correctly in both account ledgers.
> 
> Dunno why I didn't think of that.  Thanks!

Well, it should be enterable from either account.  If you can't
enter it from one side, that should be considered a bug and should
get fixed.

> --jason

-derek

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