Investing Center Problem

Apr 21, 2006 1 Replies
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I can't figure out how to get rid of a placeholder, actually several placeholders, but let's just look at one. Maybe I'll "Learn" enough to fix the others.



I have a place holder with an "Enter cost" under the Inv Amt column. I click on the "Enter cost."



A dialog with the title "Enter Missing transaction." The transaction is:


2/20/2004 Added 1,429.894 shares @ $17.82 with the buttons Edit Delete

I click on the Edit button and I get an "Edit Shares Added" dialog with all the boxes filled in. So, here I am, What changes do I need to do to get rid of the "Placeholder."



Thanks



Bruce


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A placeholder is an investment transaction; specifically an "Adjust Share Balance" transaction.

Heading down this path will not "get rid" of the placeholder; the best you can hope for if you approach it this way is that the placeholder will get "hidden" (once you have entered all the historical transactions for it); but it's effects will remain forever.

Instead of clicking "Enter cost"; delete the placeholder transaction. Either click the "Delete" button at the right side of the transaction, or right-click the transaction and click "cut transaction".

If you entered *any* transactions for the security in the placeholder, with dates on or before the date of the placeholder, those transactions will never correctly affect the cash balance in the account. Those transactions are the ones with "N/A" in the "Cash" column and they must be deleted and re-entered.

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