Question on Split Transaction stock/fund purchases

[Eric Moon]

Hi - yep, it have it all set up as describe in 8.4 and have been using
it for a while with pre-existing (ie funded from 'opening balances')
stocks and funds - all entered as single transactions, though.  This
is the first split.

I know that stocks and funds are different items in GnuCash - I was
speaking more of them being the same conceptually.

Price editor is correct and is pulling the correct data from online.

I've attached the 3 screen shots to show the issue I'm having.

One with the split view closed, one with it open showing the details
and one of the account menu with the fund's share count not showing
up.



On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Edward Doolittle
<edward.doolittle at gmail.com> wrote:
> That hasn't happened to me, but I'll take a stab in the dark ...
>
> - Have you done all the set up described in section 8.4 of the manual? It
> takes a while but you only have to do it once for each equity.
> - Stock and mutual fund aren't the same thing as far as GnuCash is concerned
> ... they are different account types. You should make sure that the account
> type is correct, and matches the type of security as set up in the security
> editor. Tools -> Security Editor
> - Is (correct) price data for the security in place in the price editor?
> Tools -> Price Editor
>
> On 5 March 2015 at 12:25, Eric Moon <eric at ericmoon.net> wrote:
>>
>> (version 2.6.5 on Win7)
>>
>> I'm trying to enter a stock purchase (well, mutual fund, but same
>> thing) with a brokerage fee using the exact steps outlined in the
>> documentation - section 8.5.2 : buy of shares, brokerage fee, and
>> deduction from cash account to fund it all.
>>
>> My problem is that when I enter all of the data, the balance ends up
>> blank - it doesn't add the new shares purchased to the running total,
>> it just makes the balance column empty.
>>
>> This carries forward to the account list - blank as well for that
>> stock, and in all reports.
>>
>> Any ideas on what's going on?  I have some screenshots, but am unsure
>> of attachment etiquette on this list.
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