Trading splits are ignored; they don't turn on the ---split transaction--- flag in the Transfer Account cell. I think what's causing grief is the no-value Asset:Stock:ABC split.
Regards, John Ralls > On May 16, 2020, at 9:39 AM, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > Arguably a transaction that has 2 trading account splits and 2 regular > account splits should be treated like a regular transaction. > > -derek > Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. > On May 16, 2020 10:07:02 AM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > >>> On May 16, 2020, at 4:48 AM, Adrien Monteleone >>> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On May 16, 2020 w20d137, at 4:19 AM, Davy Roid <davyr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Not sure whether this is a software limitation or there is a better way to >>>> do this. For example, the following memorized transaction for recording >>>> stock dividend in USD and Dividend Income in EUR >>>> >>>> >>>> Totalal Deposit Withdrawal >>>> Asset\Citibank\USD 100.00 >>>> Trading\Currency\EUR 92.00 >>>> Asset\Stock\ABC >>>> Income\Dividend 92.00 >>>> Trading\Currency\USD 100.00 >>>> >>>> My experience is the first time I enter this transaction in the Bank's USD >>>> account, the exchange rate screen will popup and convert USD 100.00 to EUR >>>> 92 in Income\Dividend. All I have to do is to add a dummy split to indicate >>>> the relevant stock for this dividend. >>> >>> You could just put the stock as a Memo in one of the relevant splits. I >>> don’t see a need for a dummy split. >>> >>>> >>>> However, if I re-enter this transaction with USD 50.00 using the memorized >>>> transaction feature, only the first split transaction will be updated with >>>> "50.00" and I have to manually change the remain >>>> 3 figures. Exchange rate windows won't popup to calculate the currency >>>> conversion. >>> >>> Hmm... Seems like a bug. If you are entering transaction with two >>> currencies GC will either ask, or make a guess, but I’ve never seen it do >>> neither. What happens if you change the Dividend amount (as if you were >>> entering this for the first time)? Does GC create new Trading or Imbalance >>> splits? Does it alter the existing Trading splits? >>> >> >> It's not autofill, that finished when it filled in the transaction with a >> copy of the other one that matched. It's because if there's more than two >> splits GnuCash doesn't know how to apportion the changed amount so the edit >> in basic view changes only the split in the current account. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
