Balance column appearing but not calculating correctly

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Balance column on an investment account disappeared. When I reset it up, a series of "sells" in Sept. 2017 are having no effect on the balance totals. A transfer out transaction is affecting the balance.  I am sorting by date as I always have. I have tried reclicking on the "date" heading to no avail. I am using Quicken 18 deluxe 5.5.6 for MAC.

Quicken Harold

Hello suebernard,

Pictures speak louder than words.

Can you please provide us with a screen shot of the issue?

Mac Snapshot Tool Help: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3869336

Please let us know so that we can best help you.

Respectfully,
~ Quicken Harold.

UKR

Check your investment account register for Placeholder transactions and resolve them to fix this problem.

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Thank you Quicken Harold and UKR for your fast responses.  The initial download for this account included holdings without a cost attached because they were already in existence.  I have added cost data for these accounts per UKR suggestion.  The "balance" column still does not reflect the "sells". I have a screenshot for you attached.

Quicken_Tyka

Hey Suebernard,

Sorry you're experiencing this difficulty. 

How where the sell transactions entered? Where they entered by hand or converted from an older version?

Let me know!

-Quicken Tyka

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These transactions occurred in Sept. 17.  They were downloaded into whatever Quicken17 version was out there at the time.

Quicken_Tyka

Thank you for answering that!

First, save a back up and make a note of the values in these sell transactions.

Try deleting these transactions and reentering them.

Let me know if this has any affect. 

-Quicken Tyka

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suebernard said:

Thank you Quicken Harold and UKR for your fast responses.  The initial download for this account included holdings without a cost attached because they were already in existence.  I have added cost data for these accounts per UKR suggestion.  The "balance" column still does not reflect the "sells". I have a screenshot for you attached.

There is no such transaction.  The first transaction you see above is the first transaction on the register.

UKR

suebernard said:

Thank you Quicken Harold and UKR for your fast responses.  The initial download for this account included holdings without a cost attached because they were already in existence.  I have added cost data for these accounts per UKR suggestion.  The "balance" column still does not reflect the "sells". I have a screenshot for you attached.

The account register as shown in your image is sorted by Date in descending order, newest transaction from a few days ago on the top.
Therefore, the "first transaction" or should I say, the oldest transaction, is at the very bottom of the register and may not be shown in your image.

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suebernard said:

Thank you Quicken Harold and UKR for your fast responses.  The initial download for this account included holdings without a cost attached because they were already in existence.  I have added cost data for these accounts per UKR suggestion.  The "balance" column still does not reflect the "sells". I have a screenshot for you attached.

Actually, it is shown in my image.  At the bottom is the very first transaction.

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Here is an interesting bit of additional information:  I just updated a beta version I am testing.  I don't think I am violating the NDA by telling you that in the beta this transaction screen is 100% correct, with the sells affecting the balance and the correct ending balance of zero.  I am thinking maybe what I need to to in my production version is delete the account and re-download.  But this doesn't explain why there is this problem in my production version. Is it a bug?

Any opinions on the above will be appreciated.  Thanks.

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UPDATE:  I deleted the account, re-set it up and downloaded.  I ended up with the exact same problem as before, the sells are not affecting the balance account.  Also, an additional problem, I am no longer given the option to record a payment transaction.  The balance column shows all zeroes.

Quicken Tyka, I tried your suggestion of selecting one of the "sells" and entering it manually.  Still didn't affect the balance column.

Now I wonder if the problem has to do with Quicken getting a digital message from TIAA that the account does not run a balance.  As far as the Beta version being correct, scratch that, it was apples and oranges .  I think I will bite the bullet and call Quicken Help unless there is another suggestion out there.

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suebernard said:

UPDATE:  I deleted the account, re-set it up and downloaded.  I ended up with the exact same problem as before, the sells are not affecting the balance account.  Also, an additional problem, I am no longer given the option to record a payment transaction.  The balance column shows all zeroes.

Quicken Tyka, I tried your suggestion of selecting one of the "sells" and entering it manually.  Still didn't affect the balance column.

Now I wonder if the problem has to do with Quicken getting a digital message from TIAA that the account does not run a balance.  As far as the Beta version being correct, scratch that, it was apples and oranges .  I think I will bite the bullet and call Quicken Help unless there is another suggestion out there.

Hooray!  When I looked carefully at accounting settings, there was a box checked that said account has no cash balances (or something like that).  I have never noticed it before.  I unchecked the box and lo and behold, the balance column is now correct.  Problem solved, lesson learned.  Thanks to all for your excellent help.