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Posted by DGD on February 10, 2007, 11:31 pm
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> > DGD wrote:
> > > wrote:
> > >> DGD wrote:
> > >>> I am trying to resolve a number of entries I have in
> > >>> Investment Accounts in Quicken XG 2005. All of them
> > >>> have N/A in the cash column. From previous posts, it
> > >>> was stated that these N/A entries were caused by
> > >>> placeholder entries. However, I have cleared all
> > >>> placeholder entries in my accounts, without any change
> > >>> to these N/A entries. I have entered the purchase of
> > >>> shares for certain securities and they are properly
> > >>> registered within Quicken. I have added subsequent
> > >>> re-invested investment transactions and again, Quicken
> > >>> treats them correctly. After adding another re-invested
> > >>> investement transaction for the same stock, I get a N/A
> > >>> entry. Any ideas as to what is happening here?
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> > >> It's not enough to delete the placeholders.
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> > >> Once a transaction has become associated with a
> > >> placeholder, it will never affect the cash in the
> > >> account ... even if the placeholder has subsequently
> > >> been deleted.
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> > >> You must delete all the transactions that were linked to
> > >> placeholders (transactions for a security named in a
> > >> placeholder, with transaction dates on, or before, the
> > >> date of the placeholder).
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> > >> [Also: you can have multiple placeholders for the same
> > >> security; and placeholders can be somewhat difficult to
> > >> find in Q2005 (much less so in Q2006). If you do not
> > >> see any placeholder in the account when you enter a new
> > >> transaction, and that new transaction shows "N/A" for
> > >> the cash, you probably still have a placeholder in that
> > >> account for that security, dated on or after the date of
> > >> transaction you entered.]
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> > >> --
> > >> John Pollard
> > >> First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
> > >> Please reply to newsgroup
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> > > I can see no placeholders. Is there another way to
> > > identify these placeholders in the transactions list?
> > > What I don't get is that I have a transaction that
> > > registers the purchase of mutual fund, another
> > > transaction later in time to register a dividend and then
> > > a third transaction later in time to register another
> > > dividend that is marked N/A.
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> > > Don't understand your comment:
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> > > You must delete all the transactions that were linked to
> > > placeholders (transactions for a security named in a
> > > placeholder, with transaction dates on, or before, the
> > > date of
> > > the placeholder).
> > > I thought to clear the placeholder, one has to enter the
> > > history of the transactions summarized in the
> > > placeholder. I am missing something here.
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> > Yes, you are.
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> > Entering the transaction history does not delete the
> > placeholder, it *hides* the placeholder. The placeholder is
> > still in the register and all the transactions for that security
> > dated on or before the placeholder (the "history" transactions)
> > are linked to that placeholder.
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> > To see a "hidden" placeholder in Q2005, I believe you must enter
> > a transaction that causes you to hold a different number of
> > shares than specified in the placeholder.
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> > If the placeholder says you own 100 shares of IBM on Jan 1,
> > 2007, and you have entered historical transactions for IBM dated
> > on or before Jan 1, 2007 that add up to you owning 100 shares of
> > IBM as of jan 1, 2007; then the placeholder will disappear from
> > the Transactions List ... but it's still there in the account.
> > To see the placeholder again, temporarily enter some transaction
> > that causes you to own other than 100 shares on Jan 1, 2007.
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> > To get rid of the "N/A" effect caused by placeholders, you must
> > delete the placeholder, then delete every transaction linked to
> > it ... then re-enter the non-placeholder transactions.
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> > --
> > John Pollard
> > First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
> > Please reply to newsgroup
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> Wow! And I thought it was going to be easy. I'll give it a shot and
> see what happens. Thanks again for the information and way out of
> this.
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> Cheers,
>
> Doug
John,
Thanks for the help. All of my N/A transactions have been addressed
and cleared up. In all cases except one, adding a bogus transaction
brought up the placeholder entry. For some reason, one mutual fund
didn't do it, but removing and re-entering all the transactions
cleared up the N/A transactions for this on as well. Thanks again
Doug
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