How do I create a calendar 'income reminder' that creates a DivX investment transaction?

OUT*in*Minnesota

I use income reminders (calendar function) to estimate anticipated dividend income that will be deposited to a checking account.  (cashflow!)  Unfortunately, when I *ENTER* my calendar reminder as paid, it does not create the desired DivX (dividend income) transaction.  

NOTE:
The option of creating "transfer reminders" (calendar function) does not fulfill my goal.  I am not transferring existing investment money into checking. 


How do I create a calendar reminder for DivX income?

Sherlock

Assuming you are referring to the View as: Calendar on the Income & Transfers view on the Bill & Income tab, if the DivX is to the checking account that shows the cash of the investment account, all you should need is an income reminder: select Add > Income Reminder, enter a name for the source, select Next, select the investment account that will receive the dividend from the To account: pull-down menu and Dividend from the pull-down menu that should appear just to the right of the To account: pull-down menu when a investment account is selected, fill out the remainder of the form, and select Done. 

If the investment account is not set up to show cash in the checking account, you may select the destination account when the income reminder is entered into the investment register or, instead of an income reminder, you could use a memorized investment transaction in a scheduled transaction group but neither of these approaches alone will allow you to project the cash balance of the checking account. If the projection of the checking account balance is desired, I suggest including transfer reminder which you may use with a Div instead of a DivX or you may ignore (aka skip).

NotACPA

I'm confused, because a DivX transaction is a transfer, by definition.  That's what the X indicates.  A non-transfer Dividend transaction would be simply a DIV.

SO, perhaps do you have a checking account set up to hold your cash transactions in your brokerage account? That would result in a DivX from the brokerage account to the checking account.

ALSO, I think you've got the process backwards.  Normally, one creates and then memorizes the transaction (DivX in your case).  Investment transactions don't appear in the Calendar ... but rather in the Bills and Income Reminders section, when that option is selected for the calendar.

Sherlock

Assuming you are referring to the View as: Calendar on the Income & Transfers view on the Bill & Income tab, if the DivX is to the checking account that shows the cash of the investment account, all you should need is an income reminder: select Add > Income Reminder, enter a name for the source, select Next, select the investment account that will receive the dividend from the To account: pull-down menu and Dividend from the pull-down menu that should appear just to the right of the To account: pull-down menu when a investment account is selected, fill out the remainder of the form, and select Done. 

If the investment account is not set up to show cash in the checking account, you may select the destination account when the income reminder is entered into the investment register or, instead of an income reminder, you could use a memorized investment transaction in a scheduled transaction group but neither of these approaches alone will allow you to project the cash balance of the checking account. If the projection of the checking account balance is desired, I suggest including transfer reminder which you may use with a Div instead of a DivX or you may ignore (aka skip).