reporting currencies & integrity

Christian Stimming stimming@uclink.berkeley.edu
Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:03:12 -0800


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How do your questions relate to the "currencies/the accounting equation" 
discussion last Sept/Oct? As I understood the current questions only 
concern the reporting end of the bookkeeping whereas the former discussion 
was about the back-end structure.

Where can I find more information about the "price database"? I haven't 
found it anywhere in the source.

> -- Store a single global 'reporting currency'.  The chart of accounts
> will use this currency to report account totals.  (its e.g. the euro).

vs.

> -- same as above, except we store the 'reporting currency' with
>    each account.  

Anytime you create a report you need a given "reporting currency". Either 
we ask for it everytime (as a parameter, as in my pnl-report version last 
fall) or we store one globally. Storing it globally doesn't mean it 
remains constant at all times, though. 

Anyway, I think it doesn't make sense to store a reporting currency with 
each account -- there will always be cases when a report contains accounts 
with different reporting currencies, so you still have to decide which one 
to use. Again, you can either ask for it everytime or store one globally.

Christian
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