Dick's dashboard

In my case, it's only the deposits are incorrect... They're added to the balance rather than subtracted.

This is in a newly created credit card file into which I have entered downloaded transactions, each of which has been given a category and "Recorded". The download was via a QIF file. Is it possible the QIF file is at fault? In any case how do I remedy it... I'd rather not edit each deposit to add a minus sign.

I'll give this a try. I haven't yet worked with budgets, so I may be off the mark here.

It sounds like you have several credit cards, and would like AmEx transactions to be included in the "larger" entity Credit Cards. Each card needs an Account so you'll have a register, can download transactions, etc. for it.

To do that, I think you'll want to change the Credit Cards category into an Account and create a sub-account for each card:

1. To delete the CC Category:

Open MD, click on Tools and select Edit Categories. When the Edit Categories window opens, find "Credit Cards", click Delete and Done. (This will undoubedly mean you'll need to recreate your budget; sorry, I know of no ther way to get what you want.)

2. To create the new CC Account:

Click Tools and select Edit Accounts. Click New to get the Create Account window. Click Credit Card and Next to get the Create Account: Credit Card window. Enter Credit Cards in the Account Name field and leave the other fields blank (since this will not be an actual CC account). Set the Currency Type and make sure the Default Category is what I call the Blank Category; if it's not, click on the double arrows just after the Default Category label and scroll to the top of the resulting list. It's a single dot with no label. The verify that the PArent Account is set to Root Account; if it's not, click on the double arrows after the Parent Account label, then scroll to and select Root Account.
Add any comment you like... perhaps something about this being a dummy account to aggregate all your CC accounts.... then click OK.

3. To add individual credit card accounts:

Click on Tools and select Edit Accounts. When the Edit Account window opens, find and select Credit Cards, then click New. Click Credit Cards on the New Account window, and click Next. This will bring you to the Create Account: Credit Card screen. Enter AmEx or whatever credit card name you like in the Account Name field, and fill in the other fields. Then make sure Credit Cards shows in the Parent Account filed. (If it doesn't, click on the up and down arrows and select it.) Add any comment you might like and click OK. Close the Edit Accounts window. Repeat for other cards as needed.

I hope that helps!

Dick

Doug:

Thanks for the extensive message!

I had thought the Shares Remaining field would show the balance of the shares not yet sold (and therefore not yet allocated). Your interpretation is what's happening, so you get the gold star! (This is another example of how the feature is not quite user friendly.)

I have only three sales, so far, so knowing that I need to get them all entered exactly correctly, I think I'll delete them all and start over..... very carefully, as you've suggested in both of your kind replies!

Later!

Dick

Thanks DOUG!

You have described what I had stumbled on, but stated it more clearly than I could have (we DO need something better here).

I suspect the reason it isn't working for me is that the Shares Remaining is zero as soon as I enter the first sale (253.59 shares) which I neglected to say before..... and the Shares available remains at the number originally bought (23456.507 Yes, that's the number, by coincidence!) no matter what I do.

Furthermore, after entering the first sale, the amount of any sale I click on appears in the Shares Remaining field.... a bug?

I've deleted the buy transaction and re-entered it to no avail.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks for taking the time to work on this!

Dick

Now I notice that that although the "Shares Available" column has what appears to be the correct number of shares (23202) and the total shows the number of Shares allocated (258), but the Shares Remaining is incorrect (-5).

Shouldn't the Remaining Shares be 23202 - 258 = 22944?

The incorrect figure appears to be the # shares in the first lot (253) less those in the second (258).

Lastly, I've also discovered that although I've entered the original purchase price and # Shares for this security the same way I have the others, only this one doesn't show the Cost Basis in the Portfolio View as all the other do; it shows 0.00, instead. Obviously the number of shares made it to the Match Lots screen... so I 'm finding this very puzzling!

Perhaps this additional information will shed some light on this issue for the more experienced folks here..... I hope, I hope, I hope!!

Dick

I don't have any clues about the first two items, but I'll try for the third:

- Open your browser and go to: http://moneydance.com/support

- (This is probably the step you missed) Scroll down to the Search box you're seeking, nearly at the bottom.

Hope that helps!

Dick

Thanks, Howard. I may have to try that... but I thought I was doing it the correct way, by entering the Cost Bases for all the securities, then entering a Initial Balance at Account > Edit Account. It resulted in a proper zero cash balance for the last security, so I was a happy camper until the Portfolio Summary showed the Initial Balance (probably plus my zero Cash Balance).

Thoughts anyone?

Dick – Richard L. Huitema, on February 14, 2009 15:33