[Kmymoney] Consistency Check Errors

[timothy]

Thank you for your help. I am gradually getting there.

Regards
Timothy


On Sun, 2015-04-26 at 17:55 +0300, Cristian Oneț wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> First of all sorry for all those issues you had (or still have) with
> the consistency check. I agree that it can be annoying but it's there
> for a reason. It was added to the save process to make sure that all
> saved files are consistent (at least considering the currently
> implemented checks).
> 
> The checks that trigger the messages in your case are also there for a
> reason. Shares need a price even if the transaction which adds them
> does not involve a payment, the price is needed to correctly calculate
> the value of the shares (in reports for example).
> 
> As Andy suggested the correct way is to fix the opening date of the
> accounts. The consistency check log can be copied using the context
> menu and you can search for transactions by entering the displayed
> transaction id in the 'Find transactions' dialog.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Cristian
> 
> 2015-04-26 17:36 GMT+03:00 timothy <timboyle at afrihost.co.za>:
> > Thanks Andy
> >
> > I had a lot more accounts, but have whittled them down.
> > I am still struggling with the 'no investment price on opening date',
> > but I think I may have the solution.
> >
> > Regards
> > Timothy
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2015-04-26 at 22:08 +0800, Andy Chung wrote:
> >> I have similar consistency check error after upgrading to 4.7.2 in
> >> windows platform.  Something like
> >>
> >> "T000000000xxx has transaction date earlier than account open date"
> >>
> >> Total dozens of errors pertaining to 2 accounts.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Instead of fixing the transactions, I change the account opening date
> >> to an arbitrary early date.  It fixes my problem.
> >>
> >>
> >> 2015-04-26 20:49 GMT+08:00 timothy <timboyle at afrihost.co.za>:
> >>         Hi
> >>
> >>         I am using the latest build from git which I assume is the
> >>         equivalent to
> >>         KMM 4.7.2. Two bugs which have affected me have now been
> >>         fixed. Thank
> >>         you very much.
> >>
> >>         However I now have 397 consistency check errors, many of which
> >>         apply to
> >>         closed accounts. I have looked at several 'errors', one in
> >>         particular
> >>         bothers me.
> >>
> >>         When several of the big insurance companies demutualized, they
> >>         distributed free shares in proportion to the values of the
> >>         policies
> >>         held. These free shares were 'added' to start a new investment
> >>         in
> >>         kmymoney. This is now an error as no price was entered on that
> >>         start
> >>         transaction. However since no price was paid it is correct.
> >>         Also
> >>         kmymoney will not accept a zero price for 'buy shares'.
> >>
> >>         I can work around it, but it is an irritant. Is there some way
> >>         to turn
> >>         off the consistency check? Or at least stop the error page
> >>         from popping
> >>         up regularly?
> >>
> >>         My first error is transaction T000.....0001 and the last is
> >>         T000....08019. They are all to do with dates of transactions
> >>         which do
> >>         not appear critical or even problematic as these are the same
> >>         data as I
> >>         have been working with forever.
> >>
> >>         Regards
> >>         Timothy
> >>
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> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >>
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
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