[Kmymoney] OFX import not using default brokerage account for 'Buy Shares'
timothy
timboyle at afrihost.co.za
Mon Apr 14 18:06:13 UTC 2014
On Mon, 2014-04-14 at 18:55 +0100, Allan wrote:
> On 14/04/14 18:37, timothy wrote:
> > On Mon, 2014-04-14 at 18:10 +0100, Allan wrote:
> >> On 14/04/14 14:28, timothy wrote:
> >>> Hi
> >>>
> >>> I am running KMM 4.6.90 on Mint 16 using KDE Development Platform
> >>> 4.11.5.
> >>>
> >>> I have imported an OFX 'Buy Share' transaction which gives an error
> >>> condition. The error is that the Account field is blank and consequently
> >>> there is a missing assignment of the cost of the shares.
> >>>
> >>> On editing this transaction, the field is automatically populated with
> >>> the correct default brokerage account, but the Enter button is greyed
> >>> out (only the Cancel button is alive). To complete the transaction one
> >>> has to delete the brokerage account name and then manually enter the
> >>> same account again. The Enter button the becomes alive and the
> >>> transaction can be completed. The funds are correctly transferred from
> >>> the brokerage account with the correct Payment entry.
> >>>
> >>> The OFX file does not contain a reference to transfer account and my
> >>> understanding is that it should default to the brokerage account in this
> >>> case.
> >>>
> >>> Is this a bug or is there some other way to carry out this transaction
> >>> correctly?
> >>>
> >>> Your comments would be appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>> Timothy
> >>>
> >>
> >> I found I had a sample OFX investment file and that imported without
> >> problem, allocating investAccount (Brokerage).
> >>
> >> How recent is your KMyMoney file? There were some changes in this area
> >> a few months ago.
> >>
> >> Allan
> >
> > OFX file as requested.
> >
> > Timothy
> >
>
> Well, the good news is that your file imported successfully for me, with
> "investAccount (Brokerage)" allocated. "investAccount" is the
> investment account into which I imported the transaction.
>
> Can you update from Git?
>
> Allan
My KMM application is KMM 4.6.90 from Clay Weber's daily builds -
yesterday I think. But this error occurred in the straight 4.6.4
version I had previously. What are you running?
Timothy
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