On Wednesday 24 July 2002 14:56, Christian Stimming wrote: > Eildert Groeneveld wrote: > >>I think I have an idea what is going on, but I need to know more > >>information about how you created this transaction and about the > >>particular accounts that this transaction touches, and how it looks > >>from _both_ accounts (you can use the 'jump' button to open the > >>register for the other account). > > > > yes indeed, I remember that in the jump account the transaction was > > accumulated ok. > > > > I started with completely new accounts hierarchy using the wizard. > > The currency I set to EUR. > > Then I created a new account as a subaccount to Assets:CurrentsAssets > > as USDaccount. Its currency was set to USD. > > Then I enter a first transaction in USDaccount and in transfer specify > > Income:salary > > This account is in EU (ofcourse) > > now, the amount entered does not show in USDaccount but does in > > income:salary > > When you entered that transaction, you entered *only* the USD amount, > right? Or did you also enter a conversion rate to EUR, or the EUR amount > belonging to the USD amount? So for that transaction, it was > impossible for gnucash to figure out what exactly would be the EUR value > of the USD amount. Did I get that right?
yes you may be right. In the USD account I entered 1111 (assuming it to be USD) at that point no conversion had been set up. adding a new transaction AFER the conversion account has been put does not change the picture. Furthermore, I added an Income:SalaryUSD (in USD) and used that in the transfer fieild in the USDaccount and still the balance stayed at 0 greetings Eildert > > Christian -- Eildert Groeneveld ================================================== Institute for Animal Science Mariensee 31535 Neustadt Germany Tel : (+49)(0)5034 871155 Fax : (+49)(0)5034 92579 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tzv.fal.de/~eg/ ================================================== _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
