On 07 January 2023 at 10:21, ml enquirer said: > Just to add that I was wrong that this could be solved by making budgets > with a single period. I *think* this problem arises for any multi-currency > sub-accounts and becomes visible when you have a book which has been > running for many years. In that circumstance, the 'actual' column is only > incrementally affected by spends during the actual reporting period (which > are small compared to the cumulative spending over the years). > > Imagine a case where there is *no* spend on any sub-account in a reporting > period, but the years prior total 1,000,000 EUR and 1,000,000 GBP. Imagine > the exchange rate is 1 EUR to GBP at the start of this new 'empty' period > and 1 EUR to 1.01 GBP at the end. 1) The computed total at the start will > be 1,000,000 EUR + 1,000,000 GBP = 2,000,000 GBP. 2) The computed total at > the end will be 1,000,000 EUR + 1,000,000 GBP = 2,010,000 GBP and the > reported "Actual" spend will be 10,000 GBP despite nothing having been > spent.
The change in value is indeed 10,000. What's the problem? _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
