Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment?

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In Reply to: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? posted by George Timms on January 14, 2005 at 19:54:07:

: I want to start retrieving transactions into investment files I've maintained for many years, but I'm unable to get the retrieve function to download transactions for a 401(k) plan at Hewitt into my existing investment files, despite my best efforts to match up portfolio attributes (name, etc.) with the attributes set by FM if I allow it to create a new investment file.

: How does FM select what investment file will be used for downloaded transactions? Is there any way to adjust the attributes of an existing investment file so it will be recognized as the target for downloaded transactions (or alternatively, any way to merge old and new transactions into one investment file, be it old or new)?

Hi George,

Fund Manager matches up investments based on symbol. It only looks in the
portfolio that you're retrieving for the investment with the matching symbol.
Maybe Hewitt has a different symbol than what you've got recorded, or maybe
it isn't providing a symbol at all... You can go ahead and do a retrieve,
and let it create a new investment. If you don't really want to save this
new investment, just quit Fund Manager without saving your investments. Before
exiting Fund Manager make sure "Options / Save Investments On Exit" is turned
off. This way, you can look at the investment properties of this newly
created investment, and see what symbol Hewitt thinks should be assigned.

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP/2003

Replies:

• Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? George Timms 09:05:53 01/15/05 (7)
  • Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? Mark 12:10:13 01/16/05 (6)
    • Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? Loren 13:35:36 01/17/05 (5)
      • Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? Mark 13:56:05 01/17/05 (4)
        • Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? Richard 19:06:28 05/14/05 (3)
          • Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? Mark 20:18:53 05/14/05 (2)
            • Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? Rich 19:17:40 05/17/05 (1)
              • Re: Transaction retrieve into existing investment? Mark 22:00:16 05/17/05 (0)