[GNC] Difficulties entering share purchases

[Geoff]

Hmmm, something is obviously broken.

I'm not familiar with Ubuntu or other Linux versions of GnuCash, so I 
can't help other than suggesting (A) Wipe and reinstall; or (B) Install 
in a clean Virtual Machine.

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Ubuntu

Hoping someone else can help.

Good luck!

Geoff
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On 28/07/2021 6:13 pm, Eric Coates wrote:
> Geoff
> 
> Thanks for responding. The sequence of events that you describe is what 
> I would expect but not only do the numbers disappear (see Fig 8) but the 
> dialogue you mention just doesn't happen (see the description of Fig 9)
> 
> Take care
> 
> Eric
> 
> =====================
> 
> On 28/07/2021 01:21, Geoff wrote:
>> Hi Eric
>>
>> I am running GnuCash 4.4 (on Windows) and when I duplicate a share 
>> purchase transaction it doesn't change any of the values.
>>
>> If I then edit one of the values, a recalculation dialogue box pops up 
>> telling me that "The values entered for this transaction are 
>> inconsistent." and asking me "Which value would you like to have 
>> recalculated?"  Shares / Price / Value.
>>
>> See attached screenshot.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Geoff
>> =====
>>
>>
>> On 28/07/2021 1:23 am, Eric Coates via gnucash-user wrote:
>>> In January this year,whilst running Ubuntu 20.10 and GnuCash 3.x, I 
>>> purchased some shares and all seemed quite "normal". Since then I 
>>> have upgraded my operating system to Ubuntu 21.04 (which I am running 
>>> "On X Org" as "Wayland" causes KeePassXC to fail) and installed 
>>> GnuCash 4.4 (with F::Q 1.49 but that is probably irrelevant). 
>>> Recently I bought some more shares and things seemed to go a bit wappy.
>>>
>>> Of lesser importance is the presentation of the tab that shows 
>>> activity of a past purchase of shares:
>>> Fig 1 shows the tab when a dividend payment is highlighted, note the 
>>> purchase of shares on 21/1/21;
>>> Fig 2 shows the same tab when the purchase is highlighted, the number 
>>> of shares has changed from 216 to 2;
>>> Fig 3 shows the appearance when the constituent splits are shown, 216 
>>> is shown;
>>> Fig 4 shows what happens when the first split is highlighted.
>>>
>>> Of far greater importance (to me) is what happens when I want to 
>>> record a purchase now. My past practice (which I have used for at 
>>> least six years) is to duplicate an earlier purchase and edit it to 
>>> show the details of the current purchase.
>>>
>>> Fig 5 shows the initial state of the record which will be edited;
>>> Fig 6 shows the new transaction, the number of shares has been 
>>> changed from 216 to 100;
>>> Fig 7 shows what happens when I tab out of the shares column (the 
>>> intention being to delete the price, edit the buy cost and allow 
>>> GnuCash to calculate the unit price of the shares), the 100 changes 
>>> to 1;
>>> Fig 8 shows the effect of deleting the share price, entering the 
>>> total price (1000.00) and tabbing to the next field (the number of 
>>> shares disappears);
>>> Fig 9 shows the effect of entering the transaction there was no 
>>> invitation to recalculate the share price (of course I expect the 
>>> Imbalance to appear)
>>>
>>> For completeness: I have tried the same sequence of events on Ubuntu 
>>> on Wayland with the same results and I have set up a dummy set of 
>>> accounts and followed the instructions in the manual with consistent 
>>> results.
>>>
>>> It's almost certainly me at fault and I will accept the laughter when 
>>> my idiocy is pointed out but, please, somebody point it out to me.
>>>
>>> In anticipation
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> PS: I initially suspected that the change in values that occur might 
>>> have something to do with the "smallest fraction traded" settings. 
>>> Changing these settings does affect what is displayed but not the 
>>> overall effect of failing to show the new purchase.
>>>
>>>
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