[GNC] Get Online Quotes

[Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton]

(Or maybe a better option would be to be able to get price quotes only for
selected stocks/funds. Then I could troubleshoot one without turning off
the others)

On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 11:33, Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton <
ruaraidh.sh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to toggle off and on "Get Online Quotes" for a stock or
> fund without GnuCash forgetting the associated settings?
>
> To get quotes for a UK fund, I switch on Get Online Quotes, select
> Multiple sources, scroll down to the bottom of the list of sources, and
> select "U.K. Funds ...". So far so good. Three mouse clicks and one
> scroll-down is not bad, if you only do it once for a single fund.
>
> Sometimes I switch it off temporarily, to make it easier to troubleshoot
> problems getting quotes for other stocks and funds.
>
> The problem is, when the troubleshooting is over and I switch it on again,
> it comes on with the default settings (Single source Alphavantage), so I
> have to reselect Multiple / U.K. Funds.
>
> It's not a big problem. It's just tedious when there are a lot of funds to
> do.  It would be much easier if I could simply toggle on/off without
> changing settings.
>
> I suppose an alternative could be to leave it on all the time instead of
> toggling off/on, but then each troubleshooting test would build up another
> set of unwanted prices in the price database.
>
> I have tried to look for an answer online, but failed, so hope someone can
> help.
>
> Ruaraidh
>
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