Finance::Quote ??

[Georg Stapper]

--- On Sat, 17/1/09, Frank H. Ellenberger <f.ellenberger at online.de> wrote:

> From: Frank H. Ellenberger <f.ellenberger at online.de>
> Subject: Re: Finance::Quote ??
> To: "Georg Stapper" <georgstapper at yahoo.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Saturday, 17 January, 2009, 5:06 PM
> Hi,
> 
> Am Saturday 17 January 2009 08:56:47 schrieb Georg Stapper:
> > I read the multiple currency chapter twice and I still
> don't see why
> > Finance::Quote does not update the other FX rates.
> 
> Why should it? The target is usually, to show you the value
> of your foreign 
> investments in your domestic/base currency.
> 

OK, but for me at least two of the currencies are equally important.

> > So, if I change my base currency to ZAR, I see the
> updates FX rates with
> > ZAR as the base rate, but e.g. the GBP/EUR FX rate is
> not updated. Is that
> > really the intended behaviour?
> 
> Hm, I believe switching the base currency in an file, which
> contains 
> transactions, is no good idea. To play around, you could
> use the report 
> currency.
> 


I tried that. However, this leads to the problem described in my mail "Reports -> Income & Expense -> Cash Flow" (see below).

Therefore I thought it might be good to have all possible exchange rates available. If that does not seem to be the case, what can I do to get the cash flow report right?


> > Thanks
> > G.
> 
> Frank



Hi,

I did not get a reply to the cash flow report currency problem so far. Is there anyone out there who has an idea how I can fix it? This seems to be a bug to me.

Sorry for pushing it a bit.


I have set up my accounts with three different currencies. The main currency is EUR some sub-accounts are denominated in GBP or ZAR. I have set up all FX rates for the currencies in the Price Editor using Finance::Quote. The figures of the sub-accounts add up correctly for the main accounts. This makes believe that the currencies are set up properly.

If I try to get a cash flow report for a currency other than the one associated to the given locale (regional settings under Windows XP), the figures given for the account are taken as the figures for the currency set under Windows instead of the account currency. If I change the report currency (under the GnuCash preferences) to the account currency, the FX rates come into play and mess it up even more. 

How do I fix this?

Thanks for your help!

G.