opening balances problem ( USD)

[Derek Atkins]

Looks like you're hitting http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116353

Quoting Nikos Charonitakis <nikosx at gmail.com>:

> On 7/5/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> Well, what's your opening balance transaction look like?  It would only
>> show up in Eq:O B  if you set that account in the transfer portion of
>> the transaction.  Can you show a screen shot of your transaction?
> sure
> first screen (stock account): i enter 100 shares for the price of 23.66 usd
> second screen (opening balance USD): we can see that balance remains
> the same. 24103 USD in the bank and nothing recorded related to my
> stock purchase...
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting Nikos Charonitakis <nikosx at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > On 7/5/07, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> >> Mismatched commodities?  You can't have a Stock account denoted in USD.
>> >> So you didn't set a price on the "buy" transaction.
>> > i dont have an stock account in USD, just the parent account of the
>> > usd stock is an asset account in USD (it contains nothing but it shows
>> > as total the right amount of USD i spent).
>> >
>> > Nikos
>> >
>> >>
>> >> -derek
>> >>
>> >> Quoting Nikos Charonitakis <nikosx at gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> > I m trying to replicate my broker's statement in GnuCash and i ve
>> >> > mostly succeeded :)
>> >> > I have a problem with a transfer in opening balances.
>> >> > I use Opening Balances and Opening Balances (USD) accounts.
>> >> > I have some USD as money in the bank and the same amount appears in
>> >> > Opening Balances (USD).
>> >> > So far so good. Now i m trying a stock purchase in USD but the amount
>> >> > of USD i spent refuses to appear in Opening Balances (USD) account.
>> >> > What i did?
>> >> > A) created security for the stock and set a price for it.
>> >> > B) Created an account (Asset) named USstocks in USD with parent
>> >> > account = investments
>> >> > C) Created an account (stock) under USstocks
>> >> > D) recorded the transaction
>> >> > Now although the right value of the stock appears under the "Total"
>> >> > column for the USstocks account,
>> >> > i cant see the amount recorded in the Opening Balances (USD) account.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas
>> >> > thanks in advance
>> >> > Nikos
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>> >>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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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
>>
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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