Re: [GNC-dev] Extending GnuCash: CSV-import/lookup commodity by cusip

2022-01-22 Thread john
It seems unlikely to me that there's much demand for this field at all, never mind demand for keeping both an ISIN and a national number, so I don't think we need to separate it. The search function could use namespace as a disambiguator for numbers, or users who encounter more than one flavor c

Re: [GNC-dev] Extending GnuCash: CSV-import/lookup commodity by cusip

2022-01-22 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Thomas, Am 21.01.22 um 21:39 schrieb Thomas: > And because of that, I am struggling to do a matching based on that > field. As my bank, denotes the WKN (a unique identifier), The WKN is only unique inside the german markets. If you also have a french bank, they might send the SEDOL instead. B

Re: [GNC-dev] Extending GnuCash: CSV-import/lookup commodity by cusip

2022-01-21 Thread John Ralls
Thomas, By far the simplest solution to your problem would be to use your favorite scripting language to rewrite the CSV with the symbols you use for GnuCash. As for the pricedb lookup by cusip and corresponding CSV column, sure, I think that would be a fine addition for GnuCash v5. Regards, J

Re: [GNC-dev] Extending GnuCash: CSV-import/lookup commodity by cusip

2022-01-21 Thread Thomas
Thanks a lot for your hints John! I think I'll need some time to find my way through the code and then try to adapt based on the existing implementation. Would you deem such a feature useful and worth implementing, so it might - at some point in the future - find its way into the codebase? Or d

Re: [GNC-dev] Extending GnuCash: CSV-import/lookup commodity by cusip

2022-01-21 Thread John Ralls
> On Jan 21, 2022, at 9:32 AM, Thomas wrote: > > Dear list, > > recently, I spotted a feature that I would love to have added to GnuCash. As > I have a software development background, I could definitely contribute to > the solution, but as it is quite some time ago that I developed in C++

[GNC-dev] Extending GnuCash: CSV-import/lookup commodity by cusip

2022-01-21 Thread Thomas
Dear list, recently, I spotted a feature that I would love to have added to GnuCash. As I have a software development background, I could definitely contribute to the solution, but as it is quite some time ago that I developed in C++ and am new to contributing to GnuCash, I might need some cu