Thanks for the explanation. Regards, Adrien
> On Feb 11, 2020 w7d42, at 1:20 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > The transaction currency in which the value field of every split is > denominated is determined by the account in whose register one creates the > transaction. If that account is in a non-currency commodity then the currency > of first parent account denominated in a currency is used. So in rsbrux's > case where he had a stock XYZ under a CHF parent and bought using AUD, the > stock split will have an amount in XYZ and a value in CHF and the cash split > will have an amount in AUD and a value in CHF. That's a three-way transaction > with two prices: XYZ->CHF and AUD->CHF. Both should be recorded in the price > database. If he used basic view or was careless about entering the price and > values the AUD->CHF price might be 1 and the XYZ->CHF price might have the > value of XYZ's price in AUD. > > Had he instead had the parent of the XYZ account in AUD as he should have or > if had created the transaction starting in the cash account then the > transaction currency would be AUD and only the stock split would have a price. > > 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.
