Funds with no symbols

[Steve]

---- Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote: 
> When you created the fund account in GnuCash, what did you enter
> as the commodity symbol?

It was imported from Quicken using the QIF importer and the symbol was set to the name of the fund.

> -derek
> 
> Quoting Steve <zephod at cfl.rr.com>:
> 
> > I have a 401k plan that contains a fund that doesn't have a symbol. 
> > It is one of those funds that is a blend of other funds and is 
> > managed by the 401k plan. I can go to the fund's web site and get the 
> > current price there.
> >
> > My problem is that this fund doesn't show up in the price editor 
> > window. It is in the Security Editor window but I didn't check the 
> > "Get Quotes" box because there is no quote to get. (I tried checking 
> > it just to see what would happen but no luck)
> >
> > So how do I get the fund into the Price Editor so I can manually 
> > enter the value?
> >
> > GC 2.2.4 of F8
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
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