Problem w/ transactions displayed in transaction confirmation display
I'm not 100% sure if this is a bug or if I don't understand how the new sidebar for confirming downloaded transactions is supposed to work. Here is what I see: I download checking transactions, and for a given transaction I see some "Potential duplicates" listed. However, some are shown incorrectly as splits, with the two splits being the two sides of the transaction. For example, I have recorded a "BuyXfr" transaction in a mutual fund account, with the funds coming from my checking acct. In the sidebar for confirming downloaded checking transactions, this shows up as one of the potential duplicates. However, it appears with a total amount of $0 with 2 splits. The total is $0 because the two parts of the "split" are the side of the transaction in the mutual fund account, for say, $50, and the side of the transaction in the checking account, with -$50. This is pretty confusing.
Support Staff 2 Posted by Ben Spencer on 21 Mar, 2011 03:55 PM
Could you take a screenshot and attach it to this discussion. Press the print screen key on your keyboard to take a screenshot.
Sincerely
Ben Spencer
Moneydance Support
3 Posted by zeke on 22 Mar, 2011 12:30 PM
OK, I'll have to wait til I have some transactions of that type to download/record. Probably a few days.
4 Posted by zeke on 24 Mar, 2011 12:17 AM
Here are two screen shots of the transaction sidebar. Screenshot.png shows the "potential duplicate" transaction that is wrongly identified as a split. Screenshot2.jpg shows the display after I've moused over the "split". Essentially this shows the transaction from the two sides, i.e. from the checking acct, and from the mutual fund account. Since one is an addition (to the fund acct) and one is a subtraction (from checking) the two add to 0.00 in the "split".
5 Posted by zeke on 24 Mar, 2011 12:16 PM
Here are additional screenshots showing how the two sides of the transaction appear in the registers. I just noticed the little "s" in the checking acct register entry, which means "split"?? This isn't a split transaction, as you can see from the other register. This is entered as an automated reminder.
Support Staff 6 Posted by Ben Spencer on 24 Mar, 2011 01:16 PM
Hi Zeke
All transactions entered in an investment account (except for transactions of type xfr) are in fact splits behind the scenes. The transaction that you posted in the investment account is a BuyXfr. It is doing two things it is transferring funds from the checking account and then moving those funds into the security. The transaction in the checking account is part of a split between the checking account the investment account and the security.
Ben Spencer
Moneydance Support
7 Posted by zeke on 24 Mar, 2011 01:35 PM
So what happens is that all my mutual fund purchases look exactly the same in the sidebar, and moneydance identfies all my mutual fund purchases as potential duplicates, which is an accident waiting to happen, not to mention that since the transactions aren't in reality splits, and don't appear that way in the register (except for the almost invisible little s), it adds to the confusion. I gather from your answer that's just the way it is, and it's just a function of the awkward way that moneydance handles my transactions "behind the scenes".
Support Staff 8 Posted by Ben Spencer on 24 Mar, 2011 03:00 PM
Hi Zeke
I see what you mean. I have filed a ticket to change the way the matching transaction is displayed in the side panel such that if it is a split it renders the name of the parent transaction rather than "Split...(2)".
Sincerely
Ben Spencer
Moneydance Support
9 Posted by zeke on 24 Mar, 2011 05:16 PM
I'm not sure what you mean, but if the effect is that the description, amount, and category appear in the sidebar as they do in the register for the transaction, then I'm all for it.
Support Staff 10 Posted by Ben Spencer on 24 Mar, 2011 05:23 PM
Yes that is what I am proposing.
Ben Spencer