Question on Split Transaction stock/fund purchases

[David Carlson]

On 3/6/2015 12:41 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 3/5/2015 11:40 PM, Eric Moon wrote:
>> 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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>
> Eric,
> I thought that perhaps you had chosen to filter the register by date,
> choosing to to show transactions up to today, but I discovered that is
> not possible to select today, because that choice will not stick.  The
> program automatically switches back to show all when I try to select
> show up to today.  I think that is a bug, but not your bug.
>
> It could be possible to select show up to a specific date that is
> yesterday's date then enter a transaction with today's date, and it
> will remain visible until the enter key is pressed, but the total will
> not be there before the enter key is pressed.  That is a way to
> generate a view similar to your screen grab, but seriously doubt that
> is how you did it.
>
> You may have found a bug, but I have not figured out how to duplicate
> it in my data file. 
>
> Take a look at your View > Filter settings and verify that you do not
> have any filtering selected.  Perhaps another user or a developer can
> suggest something else to check.
>
> David C

Eric,

You did press the enter key after completing the transaction entry,
didn't you?

David C