Adapt existing accounting file for portfolio management

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If you have already started to keep your double-entry accounting in another file, you can easily enhance to to use the portfolio functionalities. 

Add Items table and Transactions columns

If your file does not have already: 

  • Add the Items Table and Transactions columns
    You will then enter your securities and divide them into categories as in the example. 
    Complete the fields by entering all the information about your securities. 
  • Transactions table 
    Make sure that you display the Items column in the Transactions table, go to the Data->Display Columns menu and check the "ItemsId" column.

Adjusting the Chart of Accounts

Adapt your chart of accounts by inserting accounts for securities transactions.

In case you have started with an income and expenses, you will first have to convert your current file into a new "Double-entry accounting" file, for more information visit our Convert to new file page.

Change the Decimal Precision for Unit Price

Accounting files have a default Unit Price precision of 4 decimal. We provide a command that let you increase the number of decimal places so that you can have prices with a bigger number of decimals,

The  Tools > Add/Remove functionalities > Change Unit Price Decimal Places.

 

 

 

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