Find/Replace for securities

Kicki

I hope I can explain this so it makes sense.
When I set up my 401(K) and my other investments accounts many years ago in Quicken I set them up as Class -A. I have many different accounts using the same securities but they should have been set up as either -A, F-2, R-6
(ie. Europacific Growth Fd Cl A, American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund Class R-6, American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund Class F-2).
My 401(k) should only have R-6. I guess my question is, is there a find and replace for securities? The find/replace that is under edit will not work. I can't change the security in the security list for a different class because that changes all the accounts. I could add the new class and change them manually, but there are too many transactions. Any thoughts or tips would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

Jim_Harman

If the transactions have been entered for the correct number of shares and purchase price but for the wrong share class, you can

-- Back up your data file in case something goes wrong.
-- Create a security in Quicken for the R-6 shares if you have not already.
-- Click at the top of the account's Security column  to sort the Transaction list by security
-- Correct the first Cl-A entry to R-6
-- Hit Ctrl-C to copy the R-6 security name and hit Enter to save it
-- for each incorrect Cl-A entry, select the name, use Ctrl-V to paste the R-6 security name, and hit enter to save.

This should go surprisingly fast.

If the price of the R-6 securities is significantly different from tne Cl-As, you may need to clean up the price history for the CL-As.

Jim_Harman

If the transactions have been entered for the correct number of shares and purchase price but for the wrong share class, you can

-- Back up your data file in case something goes wrong.
-- Create a security in Quicken for the R-6 shares if you have not already.
-- Click at the top of the account's Security column  to sort the Transaction list by security
-- Correct the first Cl-A entry to R-6
-- Hit Ctrl-C to copy the R-6 security name and hit Enter to save it
-- for each incorrect Cl-A entry, select the name, use Ctrl-V to paste the R-6 security name, and hit enter to save.

This should go surprisingly fast.

If the price of the R-6 securities is significantly different from tne Cl-As, you may need to clean up the price history for the CL-As.

Ps56k2

Aren't the different classes assigned a different stock ticker symbol ?
and therefore should appear as totally unique and separate ?

Kicki

@Jim_Harman
Thank you Jim, great suggestion.

Kicki

@ps56k
Yes they are, but when I added them I didn't use the ticker symbol. I was young and not that bright at the time.