I just changed that message to "Edit prices/exchange rates directly in the split line.” I think that will better explain why the Transfer Dialog doesn’t display on “Edit Exchange Rates”.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 26, 2026, at 10:31 AM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not at all odd, it’s expected behavor because it’s a stock-type register. > Every split has amount, price, and value (debit/credit) cells so there’s no > reason to use the exchange rate part of the transaction dialog. To refresh, > amount is denominated in the account’s commodity, value is in the transaction > currency, and price (or exchange rate, same thing) is the ratio between the > two. > > Amount-only (representing a stock split) and value-only (representing a > change in basis) splits are legitimate so if it’s a priced action the user > must enter at least two of the three. If you enter only two GnuCash will > calculate the third; in most cases you want to enter the amount and value to > control rounding. If you do enter all three GnuCash will check your math and > if it’s wrong pop a dialog box asking which one you want to adjust. > > This is all pretty straightforward as long as both securities are priced in > the same currency. If they’re not the values will be in the currency of the > register in which the transaction is created and it’s up to the user to deal > with pricing the other security in that currency. See > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797796 for a detailed discussion of > GnuCash’s limitations in that case. > > Regards, > John Ralls > >> On Jul 25, 2026, at 20:41, David T. via gnucash-user >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That's odd. >> >> I just tried, and confirm it doesn't show the exchange rate dialog, and you >> can't edit the exchange rate using the Actions->Edit Exchange Rate option on >> the resulting transaction, either. >> >> You can, as you've noted, open the destination account and edit the number >> of shares entry for the destination account and recalculate the share price. >> Which is apparently how it's meant to go at this time. Annoying, perhaps, >> but not hugely onerous. >> >> I suspect that the exchange rate logic requires a currency on one side of >> the exchange, and I'm sure there's some logical reasoning behind it. I don't >> know what that reasoning is or might be, however. >> >> David T. >> >> On July 26, 2026 8:41:04 AM GMT+05:30, Fred Tydeman <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> There was no popup for exchange rate. >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 26, 2026 at 10:09 AM David T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> What did you answer on the exchange rate dialog for that transaction? >>>> >>>> >>>> On July 26, 2026 8:04:02 AM GMT+05:30, Fred Tydeman < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Attached is a screen shot of two transactions where I sold some of an ETF >>>>> and sent the proceeds to the money market account. >>>>> The sale on 7/23 shows the money market price as 1.00 (after I manually >>>>> fixed it). >>>>> The sale on 7/26 was a test done today to see what it would do. >>>>> The price and share amount for the money market are wrong. >>>>> I notice that the money market share amount on 7/26 is the same as on 7/23 >>>>> (which makes no sense). >>>>> >>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
