Multiple Currencies

[Alan Larkin]

Sweet. I think I have it now. Yes, the 'trick' is to enter the transactions in the foreign currency 
account and set the exchange rate. Dont get why it doesnt work when I enter them in Euro accounts 
and inverse the rate. Probably some silly mistake Ill figure out later.

Okay, I am happy enough for the moment. It makes accounting hell, but at least I can keep my records 
reasonably accurate. Thanks all.

Alan.

Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
> Did you enter the transaction in the "Cash (Sterling)" account? I think 
> I would in this case. Is the fee charged in Euros or Pounds?
> 
> On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Alan Larkin wrote:
> 
>> Stephen J. Gowdy wrote:
>>> When you enter the
>>> transaction you need to adjust the exchange rate on each split,
>>> otherwise it ends up blank on the other currency accounts.
>>
>> Ah. Well that's progress. Now at least the transactions also appear 
>> correctly in the GBP accounts,
>> but they dont seem to be working. I mean I have tried a simpler 
>> approach than the one I posted
>> involving Currency:Sterling and :Euro. Now I just have (for a Visa 
>> cash advance in UK):
>>
>> Assets:Current Assests:Cash (Sterling)    20
>> Expenses:Banking Fees                     2
>> Imbalance-EUR                             9.07
>> Liabilities:Visa                                31.07
>>
>> Despite having right clicked and edited the Exchange Rate on the 
>> Assets:Current Assests:Cash
>> (Sterling) split and set it to the correct value. That imbalance 
>> should be accounted for by the rate!?
>>
>> Sorry to be dense!
>>
>> Alan.
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