[GNC] namespaces vs import prices

Fred Bone Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com
Mon Mar 22 12:20:48 EDT 2021


On 22 March 2021 at 9:03, Jack Frillman said:

> Yes there is a way of doing it in Version 4.4. I just did the same thing
> so I could put all my securities from my past 401K into a namespace I
> called STALE. I did that because I wasn't ever going to do anything with
> them again and I wanted them out of the way.
> 
> To move one security from one namespace to another namespace.
> Bring up the Security Editor*Tools-->Security Editor*. This will bring up
> the *Securities* window. In the *Securities *window select the security
> you want to move and hit the *EDIT* button. This will bring up the *Edit
> Security* tool. The fourth item down is a drop-down list labeled *TYPE.*
> Select the one you want to put the selected security under then hit *OK*.
[...]
> When I did this a created a temporary security called zxzx so I could
> created the new namespace. After I move a real security to it I then
> removed zxzx.

This is, of course, entirely unnecessary. You can just overtype the 
"type" while editing the first of the ones you want to move. If it's new, 
it will be created.

You still have to do them one at a time: you can't do them in bulk as 
requested by the OP.



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