> On Sep 12, 2017, at 12:57 PM, gnucash_noob_22237 <ml.hnel.227...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I agree, FinanceQuote reacts perfectly well when presented with the correct > symbol. > > The problem I still can't overcome is how to get GnuCash to present > FinanceQuote with the correct symbol for this security. I tried to create a > new security with symbol "BTEM.L" but GnuCash will not let me continue until > I give a "Type". Say I choose "LSE", for example. I am not allowed to leave > it empty. > > Now, when I go to the price editor and click "Get Quotes", I see: > "Unable to retrieve quotes for these items: LSE:L.BTEM". > > This is what I was referring to. How can I remove the "LSE:" part? Or how > can I override this default behaviour by which GnuCash enforces the FQ > request to be formatted like "X:Y" ?
GnuCash doesn't send the LSE: part to Finance::Quote, it just uses it for the error dialog. Why did you set the symbol to L.BTEM instead of BTEM.L? Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
