importing multiple currencies

Dave Peticolas dave@krondo.com
22 Aug 2001 16:56:42 -0700


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On Wed, 2001-08-22 at 12:34, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> 2. How do I organize the import once it's done? By that I mean, I end
>    up with accounts for each security, even securities I haven't held
>    in years (logical, but made me pause). And then, of course,
>    anything that used to be a category is now an account.
>=20
>    It's all quite overwhelming. I know it's non-trivial to sort out,
>    but this is small comfort.
>=20
>    Reading the docs is not helping me figure out how to organize
>    things. I gather there's a hierarchy it should all follow.

Keep reading, there is some good info there about organizing
your accounts. But the main thing is that you can reaorganize
them, too, so you don't have to get it right the first time.


> Fwiw, I'm running debian potato, which means I'm using a rather old
> copy of gnucash. I don't think (but correct me if I'm wrong) that this
> should substantially affect the above, as the improvements in 1.6 from
> 1.4 (and the late 1.3 I've got) seem to be more in once I've got it

It could affect it, because the qif importer has undergone significant
revision since 1.3. I don't know if the new one can handle multiple
currencies, though. Bill Gribble will know more.

dave


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