[GNC] Enable Online Stock Price Updating in GnuCash

[Chris Good]

Message: 11
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 04:37:09 +0000
From: Jai Rao <jaibrao at outlook.com>
To: "GnuCash-User at GnuCash.Org" <GnuCash-User at GnuCash.Org>
Subject: [GNC] Enable Online Stock Price Updating in GnuCash
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Sir / Madam,

I am trying to enable Online Stock Price Updating in GnuCash - (in Windows
10).

  *   I have installed Strawberry Perl

     *   Then I ran the "Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash" - from
the Start Menu

        *   This goes thru a long process in the CMD Prompt (Shell) window

           *   It seems to make it to the end - see picture below:
           *   [cid:6644e8d2-a3a2-4004-9571-53b898113207]
           *   Then I open a new CMD Prompt and type:  "perldoc
Finance::Quote"

              *   It says that there is no documentation for this

  *   I then tried to go to the GnuCash Wiki page - but I was not able to
get anyhere.
I also could not figure out how to do the Root Shell to run "gnc-fq-update"

Can you please let me know what to do?
Thanks,
Jai Rao


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Hi Jai Rao,

I don't think you need to run qnc-fq-update with Administrative privileges
(the Windows equivalent of Linux root), but to do so:

Click in the Cortana Ask me anything field to the right of the Start button,
begin typing "cmd", a search menu should appear. The menu should display
"Command Prompt". Right click on "Command Prompt", and select "Run as
administrator".

I suggest you use the instructions in
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Helper_Scripts to run
gnc-fq-check to see if there is a problem with your Finance::Quote
installation, and it that doesn't find an error, use gnc-fq-dump to test,
like say:
perl gnc-fq-dump alphavantage IBM

(There was a typo in
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Source_Alphavantage.2C_US that
made it difficult to see the Windows alphavantage instructions on that page
which I have now fixed.)

If you find a problem, we should be able to help you fix it.

Regards, Chris Good