[GNC] Set up a security, what now?

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

There does seem to be a disconnect between the two. I know John Ralls says the former, but I've long observed the latter. Personally, I'd prefer not to be bound by the namespace; every time there's a new commodity to add, I end up going online to figure out what exchange that stock is traded on, so that price retrieval works. 

⁣David T. ​

On Oct 17, 2024, 5:51 PM, at 5:51 PM, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
>Hmmmm.... I thought the namespace was just a free format text that
>wasn't tied to anything for commodity pricing other than a nice way to
>tidy up commodities into groups. 
>
>I must have misunderstood its purpose ... if it is indeed tied up like
>that then the source of pricing dictates the name set in the namespace?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Boniforti Flavio <boniforti.f at gmail.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 4:40 PM
>To: sunfish62 at yahoo.com
>Cc: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>; sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
><gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>Subject: Re: [GNC] Set up a security, what now?
>
>That's it, David! :-)
>You were right, here it works now:
>[image: image.png]
>
>Many thanks,
>F.
>https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music
>https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music
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>
>
>Am Mi., 16. Okt. 2024 um 22:07 Uhr schrieb sunfish62 at yahoo.com <
>sunfish62 at yahoo.com>:
>
>> I am no expert, but I see that you have the namespace as ARCA. What 
>> happens if you change it to NYSEARCA? I've seen quotes fail when this
>
>> is entered incorrectly, although it may not change anything.
>>
>> David T.
>> On Oct 16, 2024, at 10:52 PM, Boniforti Flavio
><boniforti.f at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think it's not updating, as the "price" is stil 0:
>>> [image: image.png]
>>> How can I troubleshoot?
>>> The Security has been added like this:
>>> [image: image.png]
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> F.
>>>
>>> https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music
>>> https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music
>>> https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Mi., 16. Okt. 2024 um 19:38 Uhr schrieb sunfish62 at yahoo.com <
>>> sunfish62 at yahoo.com>:
>>>
>>>> It's not automatic. You trigger it from Tools-> Price Database -> 
>>>> Get Quotes
>>>>
>>>> David T.
>>>> On Oct 16, 2024, at 11:45 AM, Boniforti Flavio 
>>>> <boniforti.f at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi John.
>>>>> Sure, you're right! Found it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, seems that the value is not updating. I've added the VT 
>>>>> security, but in the list I still see "user:price-editor", which I
>
>>>>> imagine is not correct?!
>>>>>
>>>>> How should I proceed to troubleshoot and fix the quotes updates
>not working?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> F.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> schrieb am Mi., 16. Okt. 2024,
>04:24:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Flavio,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Where it always is on Mac applications: In the application 
>>>>>> (Gnucash)  menu, and since macOS 14 it’s called Settings instead
>of Preferences.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Regards,
>>>>>>  John Ralls
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On Oct 15, 2024, at 13:06, Boniforti Flavio 
>>>>>> <boniforti.f at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hi all.
>>>>>>>  I've added VT security in my Security Editor. I've chosen to 
>>>>>>> have it  automatically updated using Alpha Vantage, for which I
>got an API key.
>>>>>>>  Now, some instructions I found tell me to go under "Edit -
>Preferences"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  but
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  on MacOS with GnuCash 5.9 there's no such menu option. So my 
>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>  question
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  is: where do I have to enter the API key for Alpha Vantage?
>>>>>>>  The next question would be: how does automatic retrieval work? 
>>>>>>> Will it  retrieve the value of the securities only once when I
>start GnuCash?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Thanks,
>>>>>>>  Flavio.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music
>>>>>>>  https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music
>>>>>>>  https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com
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