what exchange rate gnucash uses for reports - it's not what I entered manually

[321654]

"nearest in time" setting did not help me. :(

I can see the FIM exchange rate is the source code (src/app-utils/gnc-euro.c)
Line 56
 { "FIM",  5.94573 },  /* finnmark */)

I guess this is used but why are my manually entered rates ignored, is
still a mystery.

BTW, this all started because gnucash is now allowing users to add
additional currencies.
I had to use something, that is not used any more, like FIM.



On 30 January 2013 01:18, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Actually, the thread you cite is an email message to the list, not a bug.
> The official repository for GnuCash's reported bugs is Bugzilla
> (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=GnuCash). In the thread you
> cite, an answer was provided by one of the developers at the time. Since
> there was no further response from that user, it must be assumed that the
> advice fixed his problem. I'll note that the advice given there was to check
> that the report options for prices was set to "nearest in time", which is
> the advice provided earlier in this thread; did you try that, and did it fix
> anything?
>
> A search of Bugzilla for the word "exchange" turned up a number of bugs, but
> none of them appeared to address any problems with reports.
>
> I have seen circumstances in my own data where exchange rates have not been
> entered into the price database, thus throwing off account values
> substantially, but I am not certain whether these omissions are due to a bug
> in GnuCash, or whether it is an artifact of importing these transactions in
> from an earlier financial package. I would have to do some testing to see
> whether this is an issue.
>
> Good luck,
> David
>
> ________________________________
> From: 321654 <krok.geena at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:38 AM
> Subject: Re: what exchange rate gnucash uses for reports - it's not what I
> entered manually
>
> Looks like this is a really old bug (Nov 29, 2005) in gnucash :(
> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/exchange-rate-value-for-reports-td1417095.html
>
> If you have any idea how to fix this, please let me know.
>
>
> On 28 January 2013 22:02, wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Mon, January 28, 2013 2:46 pm, Krokodill Geena wrote:
>>>> I have searched here and there but I still can not figure out, where
>>>> gnucash gets the exchange rate for the reports.
>>>> It is obviously not the exchange rate I have entered with Tools>Price
>>>> Editor > sect the currency, enter correct exchange rate, save (date is
>>>> today)
>>>> Guess what, report still show about 10 years old exchange rate. :)
>>>> Yes, I have disabled the automatic update and this did not help me at
>>>> all.
>>>>
>>>> Because there is now way to add a new currency, I had to use good old
>>>> and so dead FIM as a "place holder" to save me from manual conversions
>>>> (there is no FIM any more because it was wiped out by EU euphoria back
>>>> in 2002)
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I have disabled the automatic update and this did not help me at
>>>> all.
>>>> I even attempted to use Tools > Price Editor > Remove Old.
>>>> Nothing, still that same old rate :(
>>>>
>>>> Is it hardcoded somewhere? Where?
>>>
>>> Which report?
>>
>> Same with all the reports
>>
>> For now, I used Equity Statement For Period Covering 2013-01-01 to
>> 2013-12-31
>> 2013-01-01 is wrong
>> 2013-12-31 is also wrong
>>
>> I made a custom report with a currency price chart, selected price
>> database as the source.
>> Chart shows correct exchange rates.
>>
>>
>>> Have you looked in the report options to select your price source?
>>> Most likely you will want to change the it to "nearest in time"
>>>
>>>> Thank you for your help
>>>
>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> --
>>>        Derek Atkins                617-623-3745
>>>        derek at ihtfp.com            www.ihtfp.com
>>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>
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