[GNC] FinanceQuote Problems?

[Fross, Michael]

Also, it's doesn't have to be Alphavantage or nothing.  I'm still using
yahoo_json for most of my quotes and the ones it can't handle I use AV.

Michael

On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 5:45 PM, Glen Larsen <glenl.glx at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 11:03 AM GB <galaxy-bars at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > [ ... ]
> > What am I doing wrong?  What did I not set properly in GnuCash inorder to
> > make the Finance Quotes work?
> >
>
> You did nothing wrong and there is nothing wrong with gnucash.
>
> Alphavantage only allows 5 quotes per minute. You, like me, are tracking
> more than that and gnucash is not providing this adjustment for a single
> quote source. Personally, I've written a python script to get this done
> using an SQLite backend and if I knew this problem would last a long time I
> would polish it up and make it public.
>
>
> > To get the latest, I am now resorting to manually populating all of the
> > security prices.  Which is a royal pain.  Any help or tips would be much
> > much appreciated !
> >
>
> Armed with the knowledge of the quotes/minute limit you could do this:
> 1. Open the security editor (Tools -> Security Editor)
> 2. Display the 'Get Quote' column by using the pulldown on the right and
> ticking 'Get Quotes'
> 3. Untick (double-click to get the editor) all of them except the first 4
> (they say 5 but I swear it is 4.)
> 4. In 'Price Database' dialog, 'Get Quotes'
> 4.1 Wait 60 less the time it took to do steps 3 and 4 in seconds
> 5. Untick, re-tick, repeat as necessary.
>
> That has got to be marginally better than manual entry.
>
> This is also a good time to review your list of securities and untick 'Get
> Quotes' for stocks you have sold off (0 in your portfolio).
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