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

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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
>>
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>> -derek
>>
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>>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
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