[moneydance] Investment account Issue

[Steve Lessard]

For issue 1 it may be that your transactions weren't imported to a  
true investment account.  It might actually be some other kind of  
account.  I don't know, its just a guess.

For issue 2 you'll need to create a new expense category titled  
"Beginning Balance" or something like that and expense the initial  
shares there.  IIRC this is actually what Quicken does, though it may  
not allow you to see that special expense category.

And as to converting from Q Mac to Moneydance...  It has been years  
since I did it.  I remember how all of the accounts and data weren't  
perfect.  Stick with it and keep fixing the data.  You'll get there  
and when you do it will be well worth it.

Good luck
-SteveL



On Nov 18, 2007, at 9:00 AM, moneydance-info-request at moneydance.com  
wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:29:46 -0600
> From: "Mr. Mark Mecum" <mmecum at gmail.com>
> Subject: [moneydance] Investment account Issues
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> Hi all, I had attempted (various ways) to import my Quicken for Mac
> data to MD.  I have wound up with a fairly screwed up mess and am
> attempting to correct it.  The question for the night are:
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> 1] Why in the register of an investment account can I not enter a
> transaction (greyed out)?  I would think I should be able to enter
> transactions that would be charged margin interest if my cash balance
> becomes negative, etc.
>
> 2] How do I just place a beginning balance of shares in an account.  I
> do not want to xfr funds from another account as this will show up in
> reports elsewhere.  I just need a beginning balance for both cash and
> securities already in the account.  How do I get this done.
>
> thanks,
>
> mcm