[GNC] Entering Share Purchase/Sale

[R Losey]

You don't change it in the Security Editor -- it is changed in the account.
(Right-click on the account, and select Edit to bring up the options). I
don't have GnuCash up at the moment, but from memory, the account type is
in the lower left area.


On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM Rajesh Maini <ramanengineering2004 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am not able to add security "Share" in the security editor, inspite of
> having installed Online price retriever.
>
> Thank you
>
> Rajesh Maini
>
> On Fri, 27 Jan, 2023, 8:11 pm xboxboy.mageia+GnuCash, <
> xboxboy.mageia+gnucash at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I went through something similar only a while back:
> >
> > There are way smarter, and experienced people than me here, so wait for
> > them, but in the mean time I would:
> >
> > Make sure the account for the shares, in under equity, and classified as
> > a stock account, not a currency.
> >
> > Open that account: Just start entering the transaction ie date, memo etc.
> >
> > And as you do this (it did for me anyway) gnucash picks up you're doing
> > a stock allocation, not currency, and the columns change, to what's
> > necessary: You may have to click the split button to get this to occur.
> >
> > HTH, but I've probably explained terribly.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > On 28/1/23 00:20, Rajesh Maini wrote:
> > > How do I get the columns  of Share quantity, Price, Buy and Sell for
> > shares
> > > etc.
> > > Do I have to install Online price retrieval for the above.
> > >
> > > Awaiting a response
> > >
> > >
> > > Rajesh Maini
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