[GNC] Multi-currency split

[Fred Tydeman]

Thank you for your help.

It appears one has to enter values in the currency of the other account,
not the account one is in.

So, I will stick with separate transactions where I do not need to know the
converted values.

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 12:45 PM Murugan Mariappan <
m.muruganandam at hotmail.com> wrote:

> If you want the expenses to be entered in total in a single transaction,
> you will need to know the conversion rates for both your credit card usage
> and as well as cash.  the entries will then look like
>
>
>  *   Dr Expenses: Groceries (USD): $ 40.27
>   *   Cr Cash: XCD 18.30 (debit amount will be $6.78) you can use the same
> exchange rate given by the bank while withdrawing from ATM
>   * Cr Credit Card (USD): $33.49 (as per your statement),
>
>
> Finally, GNUCash need to know the conversion rates which you have to
> provide
>
>
>
> Saludos Cordiales
>
>
> Murugan
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* 26 November 2024 22:57
> *To:* Murugan Mariappan <m.muruganandam at hotmail.com>
> *Cc:* Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Multi-currency split
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 7:50 PM Murugan Mariappan <
> m.muruganandam at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> In the example i sent
>
> Grocery : XCD Account
> Petty Cash: XCD Account
> Credit Card: USD Account
>
> Is this the same way you have structured it?
>
>
> No.  Grocery and Credit card are both USD.
>
>
> In your example you state that you are entering XCD 90.2  from credit card
> what is the counter entry you make in the credit card account?
>
>
> In the XCD cash account,
> I enter 90.02 with credit card as the counter entry.
> I enter 108.30 with groceries as the counter entry.
>
> The XCD cash came from an ATM transaction some days ago,
> so GnuCash has an exchange rate between USD and XCD.
>