Weird behaviour with trading accounts?

[Mark]

Mike,

this is the solution - or better the bug, as far as I can tell...

You wrote "Then enter 124.70 in the Debit column and tab out of the 
split." - that's the key - I have not been doing that, but this is 
exactly what I should not have to do!
Usually, the user would not know the exchange rate before the popup 
opens. So having to enter an amount in the second split row with the 
foreign currency does not make sense. It would force me to manually 
figure out the exchange rate and convert the amount beforehand.
The user (and GnuCash also!) should leave the amount of the second split 
empty and have it populated automatically after submitting the exchange 
price popup.
This is how it works in the Basic Ledger view - I don't have to manually 
convert here either - I just enter the EUR amount and the USD amount is 
put in automatically after I click OK in the conversion rate popup.

The problem is that once the second split row is created, that row is 
automatically populated with the amount of the first split row.. So we 
have 100 in both split rows, but the first row is EUR, and the second is 
USD.
And because the exchange rate is not 1:1 but whatever else, there is a 
difference between the tow rows, which GnuCash will post to the 
imbalance account.

If I try to remove the amount from the second split's Debit field before 
opening the conversion popup, it creates a third split row, which messes 
things up even more...

If you have figured out a way to enter this scenario properly when using 
Transaction Journal view without having to enter the manually converted 
amount in the Debit field, let me know.

Thanks,

Mark



Am 27.08.2012 01:12, schrieb Mike Alexander:
> --On August 26, 2012 8:06:13 PM +0200 Mark <msalists at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> Ok, this way it worked - the main difference this time: using "Basic
>> Ledger" view instead of the "Transaction Journal" view I have been
>> using before.
>> How (which fields in which row) would I enter this in "Transaction
>> Journal view to get the same result?
>>
>
> I just did the same thing in the Transaction Journal view and it 
> worked there too.  Open the EUR checking account.  In a new 
> transaction the first split will, by default, be in that account. 
> Enter "100.00" in the "credit" column.  Tab to the next split and 
> enter a USD account, e.g., Expenses:Dining.  Then enter 124.70 in the 
> Debit column and tab out of the split.  In the exchange rate dialog 
> that should pop up, put in 1.247 as the exchange rate or 100 as the 
> amount and close it.  Hit enter to record the transaction and you 
> should get the two trading account splits.
>
>            Mike
>
>