Two things. 1. The number of shares field is parsed according to the preference. In my case that means that "4000" is parsed into "40.00" I like not having to put in the decimal point when entering currency values. 2. I had the "fractions traded" on my stock set to 1/1. In that case the stock split assistant interpreted "40" as "0.40". A value less than 1 whole share was discarded by the split tool. When I changed the security fractions to 1/100, a split of "40" yielded 10.40 shares, as expected.
Keith On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 9:55 AM Ove Grunnér <write2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wonder if that is related to "Fractions Traded" on the particular Share. > if you open "Security Editor" and check, do you have "1/100" as "Fractions > Traded"? > > On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 16:09, Keith Bellairs <ke...@bellairs.org> wrote: > >> I have found that the "Shares" field in the Stock Split Details window >> parses the entry according to my numbers preference for currency value >> entries. For example, entering 4000 is parsed into 40.00. (My preferences >> in General -> Numbers is set to automatic decimal point.) If I enter "40" >> without a decimal point the transaction is treated as a no-op because the >> stock is set up to only trade in whole numbers. 40 is parsed as 0.4. >> >> Anyway, I spent some time thinking the stock split tool did not work. Just >> a data entry issue. Apple and Tesla are doing forward splits at the end of >> the month so the stock split tool is useful. >> >> Keith >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.