[GNC] Apparent Miscalculation

[Christopher Lam]

Because it's what it was written to do. Try the closest direct price first
if one exists. If not try with 1 intermediate currency. If not, it fails.
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/maint/libgnucash/engine/gnc-pricedb.c#L2576

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 10:55, Eric Coates via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hi
>
> SAP 19 shares @ €102.00 equals €1938.00 @ (€0.89662 = £1) thus value
> =£1737.65 *NOT £1831.77*
>
> You avoided answering the question about your recorded EUR-GBP rate.
>
> Mea culpa!
> It should have read "€1 = £0.89662" - and I spent over an hour writing
> that email! On the bright side the calculation (€1938.00 = £1737.65) used
> the correct conversion.
>
> As a side issue (and for my education, not as a criticism) why does
> Gnucash use outdated GBP prices (they were from early 2018) instead of the
> two stage conversion using current data?
>
> Take care
>
> Eric
>
>
>
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