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.pa...@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 <bonifort...@gmail.com> >Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 4:40 PM >To: sunfis...@yahoo.com >Cc: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us>; sunfish62--- via gnucash-user ><gnucash-user@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 >https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com > > >Am Mi., 16. Okt. 2024 um 22:07 Uhr schrieb sunfis...@yahoo.com < >sunfis...@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 ><bonifort...@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 sunfis...@yahoo.com < >>> sunfis...@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 >>>> <bonifort...@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 <jra...@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 >>>>>> <bonifort...@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 >>>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 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. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ 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.
