While importing csv files is only really explained in the manual https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/trans-import.html#trans-import-csv (not the guide) in terms of transactions, there is a lot of supporting information for the Price Import Assistant in https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/tool-price.html and https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/tool-security-edit.html
The term security seems to be used interchangeably (ie it's not a subset) with commodity and a symbol is a property of a commodity. - *Commodity: *A commodity is something of value that is easily tradeable or sellable; for example, currencies, stocks, bonds, grain, copper, and oil are all commodities. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/tool-security-edit.html clearly describes Securities types are currency, fund, listing stock exchange, or a user defined type. It seems some user defined types, for example grain, would turn this into a commodity. It conflicts with the second sentence below: - *Security: The Security/commodity being priced. The display is sorted by the Namespace that the individual securities are listed on. * - *Symbol:* Indicates the symbol or abbreviation for the commodity. This is usually the ticker symbol (for stocks) or other unique abbreviation for the commodity. If the commodity is traded on any public exchange, it is important to use the same identifier used on that exchange. For national currencies the symbol is the ISO-4217 currency code. - *Namespace:* What is a reasonable description of this group [of commodities ??] ? The only reference to Namespace in the documentation is quoted above but referring to a group of stock by listing exchange is too restrictive. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
