Reports balance sheet - with explicit dual currency for "$"

[Wm]

On 24/02/2018 18:05, Vin Ordinaire wrote:

2nd reply

> 
> Dollars are great - pick one of many flavours
> USD,CAN,AUD,HKG,Bermuda,Singapore and about 10 others.

Aside:

For thinking flox with idle time you can decide for yourself who 
invented the dollar or the symbol as they have separate histories, 
similar for the pound (more varied than $ in representation) as a unit 
or symbol.

My advice is use the 3 letter codes and stop being protective of the 
dumb symbols.

Hint: no country owns $ as a symbol.  Got it?

> The problem is reporting a balance sheet multiple currency assets.  I
> located in the Windows version Options>Commodities>Show Foreign Currencies
> that does indeed show the "other" value in whatever currency I post the
> asset in.

Presuming you know a balance sheet is at a point in time and that you 
know you have absolute control over the exchange rates your price db has 
in it, I'm not seeing the problem.  If you don't like the exchange rate 
change it !  This may not reflect the real world, of course :)  Most 
people here are likely to suggest your view of exchange rates 
approximates real world exchanges.  It is possible for unconventional 
trades to exist but you probably shouldn't tell everyone about them 
unless you can suggest a model.

> However, when pairing USD,CAN,AUD,HKG,Bermuda,Singapore and about 10 others,
> the "$" is highly ambiguous and confusing. I pair AUD, USD and HKG and have
> assets in all three currencies.

I'm with AdrienM in that I don't understand your use of currency 
pairing, BTW.  See above about $ as a symbol being redundant.

-- 
Wm