GunCash help request...

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Please remember to CC gnucash-user on all your replies...

Quoting PattiMichelle <miche1 at earthlink.net>:

> Thank you for the reply, Derek - I see the dialog box you're referring
> to - it lists stock exchanges then has a blank fill-in.  I guess for a
> mutual fund, I would pick "fund" but don't know what to put in
> "security."  This is for a 403b (or 401k - I can never keep those two
> numbers straight) type account.  patti

This is all discussed in the documentation.. Have you read the Tutorial
and Concepts Guide?  In particular Chapter 8:

  http://cvs.gnucash.org/docs/guide/invest-setup1.html

It doesn't matter whether its a 403b or 401k, what matters is the
actual fund(s) in the portfolio.  You'll need a separate account for
each fund, and you'll need to configure the commodity for each fund.
The documentation is quite extensive.

-derek

> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Quoting PattiMichelle <miche1 at earthlink.net>:
>>
>>> I'm trying to use GnuCash on my 10.2 system and trying to enter a Mutual
>>> Fund type account.  When I do Assets/Investments/Retirement/Mutual Fund
>>> - new account, and select Mutual Fund, then name it and hit OK - it says
>>> "You must choose a commodity."  There's nothing on the account creation
>>> page named "commodity" - I've tried clicking on different things and
>>> entering different things (on the account creation page) but can't
>>> figure out what it wants to know, so I can't create the account...
>>
>> It's labeled "Security/currency"
>>
>>> Thank You Very Much!
>>> Patti
>>
>> -derek
>>
>
>



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