[GNC] Incorrect Asset:Investments:Brokerage1 Total amount

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AFAIK, the Placeholder designation in GnuCash is simply a write-protect flag. 

⁣David T. ​

On Mar 14, 2025, 11:15 PM, at 11:15 PM, Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:
>Murugan
>It doesn't have to be a placeholder to be a parent, although that is
>the way I use them.
>
>
>Thank You,
>
>Gyle McCollam
>
>Gyle McCollam
>
>gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
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>________________________________
>From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org>
>on behalf of Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganandam at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Friday, March 14, 2025 1:30 PM
>To: Morris Beavers <atomicpix86 at gmail.com>
>Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>Subject: Re: [GNC] Incorrect Asset:Investments:Brokerage1 Total amount
>
>If it is not a place holder how is it adding up all 3 of your stock
>accounts?
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>Saludos Cordiales
>
>
>Murugan
>
>________________________________
>From: Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganandam at hotmail.com>
>Sent: 14 March 2025 10:52
>To: Morris Beavers <atomicpix86 at gmail.com>
>Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>Subject: Re: [GNC] Incorrect Asset:Investments:Brokerage1 Total amount
>
>does it have transactions in Brokerage 1?
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>Saludos Cordiales
>
>
>Murugan
>
>________________________________
>From: Morris Beavers <atomicpix86 at gmail.com>
>Sent: 14 March 2025 10:06
>To: Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganandam at hotmail.com>
>Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>Subject: Re: [GNC] Incorrect Asset:Investments:Brokerage1 Total amount
>
>Brokerage1 is not a placeholder.
>
>Thanks, Morris
>
>On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM Murugan Mariappan
><m.muruganandam at hotmail.com<mailto:m.muruganandam at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>One possible cause of this issue is that you entered a transaction at
>the Brokerage 1 level and then changed the account to a placeholder.
>Check the details of the Brokerage1 account, uncheck the placeholder
>flag, then open the account and see if there are any transactions. Move
>them accordingly, as placeholders should not hold transactions.
>
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>
>
>Saludos Cordiales
>
>
>Murugan
>
>
>________________________________
>From: gnucash-user
><gnucash-user-bounces+m.muruganandam=hotmail.com at gnucash.org<mailto:hotmail.com at gnucash.org>>
>on behalf of Morris Beavers
><atomicpix86 at gmail.com<mailto:atomicpix86 at gmail.com>>
>Sent: 13 March 2025 17:58
>To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
><gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>
>Subject: [GNC] Incorrect Asset:Investments:Brokerage1 Total amount
>
>GnuCash version 5.9
>
>Build ID: 5.9+ (2024-09-23)
>
>Accounts tree of Interest:
>
>*Name             *       *Type      *   *Share price*    *Shares held*
>
>Asset                     Asset
>
>    Investments       Asset
>
>        Brokerage1    Asset
>
>            Stock1        Stock         0.31              1250
>
>            Stock2        Stock       28.66                125
>
>            Stock3        Stock       12.35                156
>
>Stocks Total Value = $5896.60
>
>Brokerage has one transaction: Opening Balance = $0.00
>
>Accounts: Total in the Brokerage1 row shows $72,156.64 (expected
>$5896.60)
>
>All my other “Accounts: Total” in other brokerages (6) have the
>
>correct amounts in the Total column (sum of cash in brokerage +
>
>values of subaccounts).
>
>Recommendations to identify and correct the wrong value in Total column
>of
>Brokerage1.
>
>Thanks, Morris
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