Re: transaction corrections become duplicate entries

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In Reply to: Re: transaction corrections become duplicate entries posted by jeffrey on September 30, 2005 at 15:26:43:

: : : sometimes, i find that if i correct a transaction, the transaction gets entered a second time in the default cash account. needless to say, this has a negative effect on bookkeeping. however it doesn't happen all the time.

: : : any idea why this happens?

: :
: : Is this happening when you correct a transaction that was in a different currency? When you edit a transaction, FM will also attempt to edit the corresponding entry in the default cash account. It tries to find this based on the value/date of the transaction before you edited it. If the currency exchange rate for that date has changed since you originally recorded the transaction, that could prevent FM from identifying the original default cash account transaction. Also, if the default cash account transaction has been modified to a different value, this could also cause this. If FM can't find the original associated default cash account transaction, it will just create a new one.

: : Thanks,
: : Mark

: it is not in a different currency. i was going through statements and revising some of the transaction commission amounts to correct sec fees. then i found duplicate entries in the cash account. i can't reproduce this at will. it didn't happen every time. but it did happen several times. the duplicates were not there before the amount changes.

Hi Jeffrey,

Okay, if you are able to reproduce this, please let me know the details.

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

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