[GNC] Security Currencies

[John Ralls]

> On Feb 13, 2019, at 2:18 AM, rsbrux via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> I am still having problems with security currencies.  I have a security with several transactions entered, which I only now realized has the wrong currency (CHF instead of USD).
> 
> This was really annoying as I had to first devise a report to extract the needed information from the security before deleting it, all relevant prices, transactions and accounts.
> 
> The first price entry was from F::Q in USD, but apparently the security nonetheless acquired my default currency (CHF) because I entered the first transaction in the security's account instead of a USD account.
> 
> Can't GC at least take a security's currency from the Price Editor?
> 
> This could:
> 1. support more intuitive operation
> 
> 2. reduce the incidence of such errors
> 
> 3. provide a means of correcting them

Securities don't have currencies. Accounts denominated in securities (or more generally in non-currency commodities) have an association with the nearest parent account denominated in a currency, so perhaps the solution to your problem is to create a "US Investments" Asset placeholder account somewhere and move the account that's giving you trouble under it.

If not, please tell us what the problem is.

Regards,
John Ralls