[GNC] Import of multi split transactions

[Philippe A.]

Le sam. 17 août 2019 à 12:35, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> a
écrit :

> Op zaterdag 17 augustus 2019 17:33:44 CEST schreef Philippe A.:
> > I have generated csv multi splits for the purchase of shares. For example
> > say I have the following split for the purchase of 10 shares at 5$ each:
> >
> > Date;Description;Action;Commodity;Account;Deposit;Price
> > 2019-01-07;"purchase";Buy;CURRENCY::CAD;share_accnt;10;5.00
> > ;;;;cash_accnt;-50.00;1
> >
> > Putting the nb share (10) as the deposit amount feels very counter
> > intuitive to me. I wonder for what reason I can't put 50$ as the deposit
> > amount and let gnucash calculate the share price?
> >
> > I consider money amount and nb share the two most important numbers that
> > must absolutely match my statement. When I enter transactions manually, I
> > always key them in and let gnucash calculate the price. Is there a way to
> > arrange splits to obtain the same behavior?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Import of stocks or transactions involving multiple currencies is not yet
> possible I'm afraid. There are various bug reports documenting the
> problems.
>


My case involves a single currency. Remove the commodity column from my
example and everything still holds true.


-- 
Philippe