Re: [GNC] Confused by report "Price Source" when recording bills in a foreign currency

2019-03-30 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
ISTR such a discussion as well; I also believe someone explained to me then why these reports are using the PriceDB at all. Now, I can’t recall what the explanation was, and I *still* don’t see why the Price DB is accessed to create a report for transactions in which the price has been already s

Re: [GNC] Confused by report "Price Source" when recording bills in a foreign currency

2019-03-30 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Christian, While it may be, strictly speaking, unnecessary to create currency-specific expense accounts, it may yet be useful to do so. For example, if you maintain a bank account in one currency, and a second bank account in a different currency, you may wish to track ongoing expenses entirely

Re: [GNC] Confused by report "Price Source" when recording bills in a foreign currency

2019-03-28 Thread Christian Kluge
Hi, Am 26.03.2019 um 17:36 schrieb James Walker: > * Created a USD expenses account for the company ("Expenses:US Company > USD") This is totally unnecessary. You should only make a conversion on the expense side once and this is to GBP. Any rate fluctuation occuring with the payment shou

Re: [GNC] Confused by report "Price Source" when recording bills in a foreign currency

2019-03-28 Thread Adrien Monteleone
James, If I’m not mistaken, I recall a discussion in the last 6 months or so that average/weighted is ‘broken’. That it reports the correct figures may be a transient phenomenon as you fear. (I’ll admit, I don’t have the thread handy and it could be that ’Nearest in time’ is the one that is bro

[GNC] Confused by report "Price Source" when recording bills in a foreign currency

2019-03-28 Thread James Walker
Hello fellow GnuCash users, Per the subject, I'm somewhat confused by the impact of the report "Price Source" when recording Bills received in a foreign currency. I'm using GnuCash for a UK business (all accounts in GBP) for very simple affairs. I use the services of a US business which invoic