buying Yen with Dollars

[Elmar Schmeisser]

Hmmm - there must be a magic formula for doing this, i.e. it works in
only a specific sequence of steps.  Doing the steps out of order results
in imbalances.  Now, by some random combination of doing the several
steps, it has managed to fix itself.

On 6/9/2016 12:17 PM, Elmar Schmeisser wrote:
> It won't do what is shown in
> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/currency_purchase1.html
> 
> I keep getting an imbalance of 49,522.05 despite editing the exchange rate.
> 
> On 6/9/2016 11:40 AM, Elmar Schmeisser wrote:
>> I am having some trouble figuring out how to log a purchase of yen with
>> dollars in GC so that I have an asset cash account in the proper amount
>> of yen when I used dollars from my checking account to purchase them.
>> What procedure?
>>
>> - Elmar
>>
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