FM7 Beta4 *.dat file Issues with subportfolios - Importing Transactions

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Hi Mark
Ive set up two sub-portfolios, one for each of my broker accounts.

Ive set up a group of investment files for each set of share prices. Then I imported the respective share price history into each from my ascii data files from my local HD.

I am about to retry and reimport the transaction history for each of the two brokers. I think I need to set the active sub-portfolio just before I do this - so that the transactions are assigned to the correct sub-portfolio ?

Do I have to create duplicate investment *.dat files for the two seperate
sub-portfolio Transaction imports ? Or is FM able to track which transactions belong to which sub-portfolio accounts , using the one common investment data file for a common share transaction ?

Example there are instances where I traded the same share but at different times with the two different brokers.

Otherwise Im confused as to how FM handles knowing which investment file to assign the transactiosn for each sub account without getting conflicts.

I tried copying and dragging common share investment files to the two seperate sub-portfolios via the portfolio editor page. I managed to pull conflicts for the cash accounts used (sub-portfolio 1 sees transactions made for cash account 2, sub-portfolio 2 and vice versa).

To fix the problem - is the easiest way to delete all transactions, but leave the price data. Then re-import the transaction file histories for about 4 years and the two sub-portfolios.

There are about 100 investment files full of price data and mixed sub-portfolio transactions now.

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• Re: FM7 Beta4 *.dat file Issues with subportfolios - Importing Transactions Mark 13:14:41 12/12/04 (0)