Could not determine the account currency

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Joel Thibault (Gnucash)" <ie37pjv02 at sneakemail.com> writes:

> Thanks for the response, Derek.
>
> The account type is Mutual Fund and the commodity is FUND/VISVX, which I
> entered.  I have seen this behavior for several similar accounts.  There's no
> "other account" when this appears: I get the error message (1) after I
> double-click on the account and before the account screen opens, and (2) when
> I navigate away from the empty transaction at the bottom of the ledger.  When
> I'm on a real transaction involving one or more other accounts, it doesn't
> happen.
>
[snip]
> But I see no changes in gnucash's behavior.  Is it something I need to have
> set at compile-time instead?  My default currency is USD too.

What's the type and commodity of the parent account of this FUND?
I bet you have this fund as a top-level account instead of in some
"brokerage" parent.

> Joel

-derek

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