Megan, Have you tried doing Ctrl-F in the Accounts Register, changing the search type to Description, memory, whatever (I forget the exact name) and putting in the txn description in the search target field? I guess that should find it for you?
Cheers David H On Sat, 31 May 2025, 10:15 am Megan Tilley, <[email protected]> wrote: > I fear I am going around in circles. > > Since beginning with GnuCash in June 2024, I have learned a great deal > about how to manipulate the program to represent my financial situation > accurately. > > I have a list of stock/shares across 3 different Registries (companies > managing stock/shares) here in Australia. > > I have entered my holdings manually and also by using Stock Assistant. > > I have two reports that I use - the Investment default report from GNUcash > and a manually created (not a default report in GNUcash, if I remember > correctly), I call Advanced Portfolio. > The report parameters for Advanced Portfolio are: > 1) Accounts - All investments listed under the 3 registries, including > Mutual Funds and Stock/Shares > 2) Display - show ticker, listing, total shares, 3 decimal places, prices > 3) General - Date: today, Currency: AUD, price source nearest to report > date, basis calc - average all shares, set preference for price list > ticked, Include brokerage fees in basis. > > I use this Portfolio Report in conjunction with the default GNUcash > Investment report, and have done so from the start (June 2024) with no > issue/problem, quite successfully. > > Recently, there have been some movements (buys and sells), which I have > tracked using the Consignment Note (C/N) issued by my stockbroker. > > The C/N shows the number of units, price per unit and total for the > transaction. Brokerage fees and GST are added as separate values as a > subtotal on the C/N. I insert the unit total value against the stock line, > and the total of the C/N, including Fee/GST, is the amount against my cash > account. > > I now have an error report on my manual Advanced Portfolio report stating - > "There is an error processing the transaction 'buying .0300 share units'. > This may be caused by a sell transaction causing a negative stock balance, > and a subsequent buy transaction causing a zero balance. This leads to a > division-by-zero error. It can be fixed by preventing negative stock > balances." > > My two questions: > a) How do I locate this "buying .0300 share units" in my investments? > > I have examined my entire list of investments and focused on the recent > changes and see no such value of .0300 share units. I believe such an error > would show in the Account list/Investment section, as I have seen negative > stock/share amounts in the past that I have corrected and which have > disappeared from the Account list/Investment section after the correction. > > b) How do I manipulate my Advanced Portfolio parameters to ignore this > 'condition' so I can see the other investments? > > Thank you, > Megan in Australia > 2025-05-31 1010hrs > > > *GnuCash* > *Version: 5.8* > *Build ID: 5.8+(2024-07-06)* > *Finance::Quote: 1.62* > > *Windows 10 Home* > *Version: 22H2* > *OS Build: 19045.5011* > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
