UK stocks not accepted in .qic import

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting goodgoff <h704042 at holter.me.uk>:

>
> Trial windows download of Gnucash 2.2.1 for imported MS Money file, prior to
> switching to Ubuntu.
> I spent about 2 hours loading 25 accounts ready to import but because it
> requires a ticker for every stock ever bought (even closed accounts) and the
> exchange, it was not possible to complete. Only US exchanges are listed and
> not LSE or UK exchanges. I can find no reference to this problem on any help
> site or forum. Is this program really only intended for use in USA?

Yes, you need to create a commodity for every account you've ever
held.  This is the downside of importing historical data.  If you
don't care about it anymore then don't import that account.

The "exchanges" are just random strings that have no meaning.
The list is just a pre-defined set of strings, but you
can add your own.  You can type in any string you want during
the "New Commodity" dialog and it will not only be accepted, but
it will get added to the list for next time.

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-derek

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