Multi-currency problems 1 of 2

[Derek Atkins]

TC <tc at emailetc.co.uk> writes:

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> PROBLEM: The resulting report shows that only the "US Dollar Bank" has
> any money in it.
>
> Note that my "Default Report Currency" setting is US Dollars (in
> Edit->Preferences->International).  If I *change* that setting to be
> GB Pounds, then a new "Account Summary" report will show the proper
> value for the "UK Sterling Bank" but now the "US Dollar Bank" will be
> wrong. I can't get both accounts to show their contents properly.
> I've made sure that both opening balance dates are the same, and that
> my report covers that date.  I've also made sure that there is a
> "Price" entry for the GBP commodity (my overall default currency is
> USD). N.B. In the actual Accounts tree display, both accounts look
> fine.  The problem arises only when I ask for the "Account Summary"
> report.
>
> So, am I doing something wrong?

Nope.  At least, not really.  Do you have an exchange-rate set up
between GBP and USD so that the report can compute the value in either
currency?

-derek
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