tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/investments/6967-changing-the-number-of-decimal-places-for-securities-any-automationInfinite Kind: Discussion 2022-09-06T20:40:17Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/545639122022-06-06T17:09:37Z2022-06-06T17:09:37ZChanging the number of decimal places for securities - any automation?<div><p>Yup - Toolbox can do this for you!! 😃 Install and run toolbox extension. Take a backup. Enable update mode. Click the Currency and Security tools button. Then edit security decimal places...</p>
<p>Let me know how it goes?</p>
<p>Mr Toolbox</p></div>Stuart Beesley (Mr Toolbox)tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/545639122022-06-06T17:16:13Z2022-06-06T17:16:23ZChanging the number of decimal places for securities - any automation?<div><p>Looks like Toolbox doesn't work on Moneydance 2017, though. Maybe a reason to finally upgrade!</p></div>Jim Gtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/545639122022-06-06T17:43:36Z2022-06-06T17:43:36ZChanging the number of decimal places for securities - any automation?<div><p>Correct... I have restricted it to newer versions.. Too difficult to main backwards compatibility... It will work on 2019 manually, but why bother going to 2019 - just go to 2022... A suggestion...</p>
<p>Download the latest MD version.. Install into a new directory....<br>
File/Export Backup<br>
On the new (Trial) version... File/Restore from backup to create a test dataset.<br>
Load/run toolbox and try out the fix.</p>
<p>If you like what you see, then download for real, purchase upgrade and away you go...</p>
<p>Use file/Open to open your original dataset...</p></div>Stuart Beesley (Mr Toolbox)tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/545639122022-06-07T19:24:48Z2022-06-07T19:24:48ZChanging the number of decimal places for securities - any automation?<div><p>Any joy?</p></div>Stuart Beesley (Mr Toolbox)tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/545639122022-06-07T20:34:30Z2022-06-07T20:34:38ZChanging the number of decimal places for securities - any automation?<div><p>Upgrading is just enough of an inconvenience, and I had a just manageable enough number of transactions to change, that I ended up just re-entering them all by hand. Which will be fine until they switch administrators on me again and go back to tracking to four decimal places.</p>
<p>(At least I'm not the poor soul on these forums who said they needed to track to 16 decimal places!)</p>
<p>It definitely looks like a great tool, though, and I'll keep it in mind when upgrade time finally comes.</p></div>Jim G