Guide

Transactions

Transaction Status

Transaction Status is delineated for each transaction, including those that are incoming (e.g. share sales, income) and those that are outgoing (e.g. share purchases, expenses). The following describes each transactional status:

Transactional StatusDescription
Needs ReviewRequiring investor action
BookedOccurred
PendingNot yet occurred but are committed to by the investor or by the party with which the investor is transacting
PlannedNot yet occurred but represent the intentions or expectations of the investor
DisregardedIntentionally omitted

Pending and Planned transactions are collectively referred to as Projected transactions.

Transaction Types

Below please find a list of AssetView transaction types with the affects described for each:

Transaction TypeAffects CashAffects CapitalAffects Shares
BuyYesYesYes
SellYesYesYes
ExpenseYesNoNo
IncomeYesNoNo
Capital InvestmentYesYesNo
Capital ReturnYesYesNo
ReceiveNoYesYes
SendNoYesYes
TradeNoYesYes

Capital Transactions

Capital transactions allow you to change your cost basis in an investment and affect cash without affect the number of shares of the asset you own (e.g. in an LLC or private fund where capital is returned to you without reducing your ownership of shares).

Send and Receive Transactions

Send and Receive transactions allow you to make changes to the shares you own of an asset without recording a cash offset (e.g. in the case of gifting shares or inheriting shares).

Trade Transactions

AssetView supports a transaction type called Trade in which the base currency (i.e. $US) does not participate in the buy or sell side of the transaction. This is in contrast to other transaction types such as a Buy transaction where the base currency is exchanged for an asset. In a Trade transaction, you buy an asset in exchange for another asset. Trade transactions are often used with cryptocurrency assets, such as when you buy Bitcoin with Ethereum.

Still, regarding trade transactions, AssetView establishes a value for the transaction delineated in the base currency for the purpose of making a capital account entry. Note that performance indicators in AssetView use calculations where cryptocurrency balances are valued in the base currency (i.e. $US).

Duplicating

An investor may duplicate an existing transaction.

Control of a Transaction

Transactions are either controlled by you manually or controlled by an App that you are running. Transactions controlled by you manually are denoted by the icon:

You may delete a transaction that is controlled by you. You may not delete a transaction that is controlled by an App. You may disregard a transaction regardless of whether it is controlled by you or an App.

Updating

To optimize performance, AssetView bundles transaction updates. Once you add or edit a transaction(s), AssetView will prompt you to, when you wish, “Calculate”. Please see Computations for more information on calculation processes in AssetView.

Manual Data

The Manual Source is the default source for all transactions that you enter manually. For more information, please visit our Manual Source page.