The Total(Period) column includes the value of actual transactions during the period. Changes in valuation aren't counted in this value because they are unrealized. You are seeing a number in the one account precisely because you rolled the money over from one account to another. That was an actual transaction.
-------- Original Message -------- From: David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> Sent: Fri Jan 08 14:52:22 EST 2021 To: David Reiser <dbrei...@icloud.com> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] How is Total(period) in Account Tree intended to work for brokerage accounts? Parenthetically, this year, having business holidays around calendar year-end, you need to make sure that you understand how Gnucash picks values out of the price database when designing your reports. On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:55 PM David Reiser via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I have a number of brokerage-like accounts (cursed with multiple TIAA > contracts…). In most cases, the Total(period) column in the account tree > page lists $0.00 as that total. > > I did a roth conversion at the end of 2020 that resulted in the money for > the conversion being moved to the new account in 2020, but the reinvestment > transactions took place in 2021. For that account, the total(period) lists > the dollar-value change of that account, including the increase in mutual > fund value since the investment transactions took place. It would really be > nice if all the brokerage account accounts showed the total value change in > the current accounting period. What’s different about the new account > (seems to be set up identically to all the other brokerage parent > accounts)? Should I be able to get the other brokerage accounts to exhibit > the same totalling behavior? > > -- > Dave Reiser > dbrei...@icloud.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.