Dividend received in cash - not showing up in Advanced Portfolio Income column

[Chris Henderson]

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:57 AM, farleykj <farleykj at gmail.com> wrote:

> In order for the cash dividend to be properly attributed to the pertinent
> security, it needs to be "linked" to that security by an additional split
> added to the cash dividend transaction. For example, for a cash dividend
> into my "Assets:Brokerage" account that is generated by my
> "Income:Dividends:Security" account, I add a zero share transaction in my
> "Assets:Investments:Security" account. In the end, transaction has the
> following contents:
>
> Assets:Brokerage -> Deposit of $100
> Assets Investments:Security -> No entries in any columns
> Income:Dividends:Security -> Withdrawal of $100
>
> By doing this, the Advanced Portfolio Report can associate the cash
> dividend
> to the security. Otherwise, it has no way of knowing that this income is
> due
> to that stock, bond, or whatever.
>
>
> Thanks. This works. I now need to redo all my accounts and create
> additional tabs for each of my securities under Income:Dividends:Security :)
>
>