report in other then base currency - exchange rate going wild

[Wm]

On 15/11/2016 06:22, __ wrote:
> hi I use Gnucash on a W7 with american localization. But my accounts
> are mainly in CNY and I need reports (profit and loss is something I
> am start using now)
> 
> what I have noted is that once I put the report currency to CNY the
> exchange rate used (for the report) is far off. I my case its 1:10.85
> (while it actually is ~1:6.6).
> how would you approach this issue ideally? From my perspective the
> easiest would be to just define a rate for the report but that does
> not seem to exist.
> 
> When I look at the price editor I see some strange prices (but can not
> actually locate the source of those. Is it save to just delete those
> and see how the effect on a report is?

Yes, it is safe to delete or correct prices in the price editor, the
actual transactions aren't affected.  The odd prices probably come from
real transactions where you don't get perfect exchange rates or might
have some costs included.

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Wm