problem with quantity of shares in downloaded ofx statement from yahoos

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1. attached is the downloaded dummy statement from yahoo
2. once the ofx file is imported into money, the quantity of stock shares in 
the money account becomes 0,as it is in the ofx file, and money fails to report 
performance of the investment with 0 shares of stockholdings
3. I have to change manually by editing the ofx file with notebook, the 
quantity of shares from 0 into what it should be and save as a new ofx file and 
import it into money, which takes some minutes of time.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by wangping...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2011 at 6:41

Attachments:

• quotes.ofx

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Sounds like you are trying to associate the content of the generated *.ofx file 
to a "real" account. What you should do instead is to create a "Dummy" account 
just for the purpose of storing zero-share transaction. This is a bit confusing 
at first but let me try to describe it from top-down

  . You have account(s) with real shares. For example
    . acount1: account number 12345
       10 shares of CSCO
    . account2: account number 67890
       10 shares of AAPL

  . You should create a new account named "Dummy" to store zero-shares of CSCO and AAPL. When you imported the generated *.ofx, you will be prompted to associate the *.ofx to an account. Choose the Dummy account. If you've make a mistake and have associated the generated *.ofx to one of the real account (account1, account2), see this page: http://microsoftmoneyoffline.wordpress.com/fixing-ofx-financial-institution-file-association/

  Once Money imported the download prices, it will update ALL accounts that has same symbols.

Original comment by hle...@gmail.com on 20 Dec 2011 at 8:56

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many thanks!

Original comment by wangping...@gmail.com on 22 Dec 2011 at 3:28

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Original comment by hle...@gmail.com on 22 Dec 2011 at 3:55

• Changed state: Fixed