[GNC] F::Q XAU & XAG quotes not retrieving for 2 years

[Adrien Monteleone]

Thanks, but I already tried to edit them.

I can't change the symbol for lookup (it is greyed out) and the source 
is simply 'currency' and no other options.

When I created entirely new securities using the symbols you provided, I 
was able to edit everything including setting the source.

It looks like I'll just wait until if/when F::Q changes back their 
Alphavantage call to include PMs.

Regards,
Adrien

On 10/5/23 3:53 PM, Ken Farley wrote:
> Oh I don't think you have to do anything terribly complicated. I've had 
> mutual funds change their trading symbols in the past, and it was as 
> simple as editing the security via
> 
> Tools-> Security Editor
> 
> Changing all the perinent information for the affected securities. 
> Gnucash uses that info, not the accounts, to determine what price 
> applies to which particular lot of a particular security. I'll admit I 
> also changed the name and description of the accounts, but that's only 
> because I use the security name as the account name for a particular 
> asset (i.e. Assets:Investments:My Brokerage:XYZ is the sub-account of 
> "My Brokerage" that tracks my shares of "XYZ").
> 
> Alternatively, I suppose you could just change the "Symbol/abbreviation" 
> to the relevant "code". That is the text that is used in online quote 
> retrieval. Leave "XAU" and "XAG" as the display symbols for each. I'll 
> admit I've not done this myself, so you'll have to see how it works out 
> for you as far as reports and such look. But I definitely have never had 
> to create new accounts to deal with symbol changes.