[Kmymoney] Strange Currency Units for Mutual Funds

[Jack]

On 2015.01.28 10:30, aga wrote:
> On 28/01/15 14:46, timothy wrote:
>> On Wed, 2015-01-28 at 14:36 +0000, aga wrote:
>>> On 28/01/15 14:14, timothy wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> KMM Version 4.7.90 on Mint 17.1
>>>> 
>>>> After editing a cheque account ledger entry for a deposit from the  
>>>> sale
>>>> of shares, the Exchange Rate Editor popped up, which required me to
>>>> convert South African Rands (ZAR) to AGMM. Now AGMM is the ticker  
>>>> symbol
>>>> code for the money market in which the sale of shares took place.
>>>> 
>>>> When I looked at the stock and currency prices there were two  
>>>> strange
>>>> entries for SNMM (another money market fund) and AGMM as  
>>>> currencies.
>>>> These had been throwing up errors on update of stock and currency  
>>>> prices
>>>> for some time now as obviously there is no such currency. [see
>>>> attachment stock&currency_prices.jpg].
>>>> 
>>>> Any ideas as to how this could have occurred and how to fix it?
>>>> 
>>>> Regards
>>>> Timothy
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ignoring the first part of your question, when you say "When I  
>>> looked at
>>> the stock and currency prices there were two strange
>>> entries for SNMM (another money market fund) and AGMM as  
>>> currencies.",
>>> is that within KMM data, or external?  If internal, what happens if  
>>> you
>>> delete them, or are they actually needed elsewhere?
>>> 
>>> Or, save your file as XML and see where they are mentioned.  Take  
>>> care
>>> id editing the file.  Take backup first.
>>> 
>>> Allan
>> 
>> Hi Allan
>> 
>> It is in KMM data. I would very much like to delete them, but cannot
>> find a way to do so. They are not needed anywhere at all.
>> 
>> Timothy
> 
> Are you seeing them in Tools/Currencies?  If so right click should  
> allow
> deletion.  You might need to check again after you next update prices  
> etc.
> 
> Allan

Isn't there some internal similarity in handling currencies and  
investment prices?   If there are transactions using those ticker  
symbols, I would not expect you can delete them.

Timothy - was that popup really asking for an exchange rate, or was it  
asking for the price per share of AGMM in ZAR?

Jack