Different currencies add up to zero

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

nolash <louis at holbrook.no> writes:

> Attached is a report which illustrates it. Assets and Current Assets 
> show 0, even though there are assets there. Right now in tree view it 
> actually works fine, but I'm guessing that's temporary. Anyways, the 
> reports have to work, too.
>
> Another currency problem:
>
> I have a bill in NOK.
>
> I've paid the bill cash in EUR. The invoice has the converted amount in NOK.

You cannot do this in 2.2.x.  If the bill is in NOK then the expense,
A/P and Asset accounts used for the Bill and Process Payment must all be
in NOK (and the vendor must have its currency be NOK as well!)

> When I process payment against the euro cash account, a debt decrease 
> line appears in the bill account with the correct sum in NOK. But the 
> line in the euro cash account doesn't show a figure. If I try to 
> manually punch the correct EUR amount into the line, it just vanishes 
> again when I press enter.

Correct, this is not supported in 2.2.

> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Louis

-derek

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