[GNC] FX fetching strangeness

[Jeff Abrahamson]

That was it.  Thanks.

I've also filed this:

    https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797343

Jeff Abrahamson
http://p27.eu/jeff/
http://transport-nantes.com/


On 04/08/2019 21:39, John Ralls wrote:
> Do you have an Alphavantage key set in $ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY (for command line tools like gnc-fq-dump) and in Preferences>Online Quotes (for GnuCash's internal use)?
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>> On Aug 4, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Jeff Abrahamson <jeff at p27.eu> wrote:
>>
>> I'm using gnucash 3.4 and Finance::Quote 1.47 on linux (ubuntu 19.04). 
>> I'm trying to get FQ to work for me.
>>
>> When I enter a dual-currency transaction, the quote editor pops up.  If
>> I touch the "fetch rate" button, I see a dialog that says "unable to
>> retrieve quotes for these items: CURRENCY:CHF" and three other currencies.
>>
>> I have precisely those four currencies in use, though I'm a bit confused
>> why FQ would have tried to fetch all four at once when I only needed
>> one.  I'm also confused why it found none.
>>
>> Based on a conversation on this list in 2018, I tried this:
>>
>>    jeff at birdsong:~ $ gnc-fq-dump currency USD EUR
>>    1 USD = <unknown> EUR
>>    jeff at birdsong:~ $ gnc-fq-dump alphavantage USD EUR
>>    Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>>        symbol: USD (deduced)        <=== required
>>          date: ** missing **        <=== recommended
>>      currency: ** missing **        <=== required
>>          last:                      <=\      
>>           nav:                      <=== one of these
>>         price:                      <=/       
>>      timezone:                      <=== optional
>>
>>    ** This stock quote cannot be used by GnuCash!
>>
>>    =====
>>
>>    Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>>        symbol: EUR (deduced)        <=== required
>>          date: ** missing **        <=== recommended
>>      currency: ** missing **        <=== required
>>          last:                      <=\      
>>           nav:                      <=== one of these
>>         price:                      <=/       
>>      timezone:                      <=== optional
>>
>>    ** This stock quote cannot be used by GnuCash!
>>
>>    jeff at birdsong:~ $
>>
>> Any suggestions on what to do or what to test?
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Jeff Abrahamson
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>>
>> http://p27.eu/jeff/
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Jeff Abrahamson
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http://p27.eu/jeff/
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