report in other then base currency - exchange rate going wild

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I actually tried to delete prices in the editor.

While this seems to affect conversion on the "accounts" tab (for
accounts that are in a different currency then the base currency) but
seems not affect the exchange rate for the report at all.

It keeps being the exact same (very far from reality) rate which makes
the report pretty useless.



On 11/15/16, Wm <wm_o_o_o at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Wm
>