Please remember to copy the list on all replies. If “Get Quote” returns an error it means that either you don’t have online quote retrieval setup or that there’s a problem with it. Please study https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/currency_howto1.html <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/currency_howto1.html> for your options in getting current exchange rates.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 9, 2019, at 7:41 AM, Tom Delarge <alanfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I did that and it worked, thank you very much. > > But...the prices that GNUcash gives don't reflect the real price that I see > on google. > > On the chart of accounts screen in GC I have it show me New Taiwan Dollars > (for many accounts are in that currency) and have a columb showing me the USD > balance. But it is using a very incorrect conversion rate and I'm not sure > why it won't update. I hit "get quote" and it just tells me there is an > error. > > Is there no way way I can keep my accounting data and have the program itself > properly update the prices? > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 10:29 AM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: > > > > On Jan 2, 2019, at 9:43 AM, salmichaels <foma.ik...@gmail.com > > <mailto:foma.ik...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > I have just returned from overseas with laptop and now gnucash does not > > convert currencies. I have some accounts in a foreign currency, others in > > USD. In making reports or having a Total (USD) column, GC doesn't convert > > the accts in foreign currency to USD, but just lists the amounts as if they > > are US dollars. If I change the report currency to the foreign currency, it > > handles it fine; it converts the USD accounts to the foreign currency, no > > issues. > > > > The program is set to default to local (US) currency, and was even when I > > was overseas as far as I know. Now it is also set to local US. My local > > settings on my computer are also set for the US. So yeah, I cannot for the > > life of me figure this out. > > > > thanks in advance! > > Check the price database for both USD->??? and ???->USD and make sure that > the most recent price is correct in both directions. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
