How to manually set currency in configuration.yaml

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As per the subject, annoyingly HA will not allow me to set settings in the GUI so I need to set the currency value in the configuration manually… trouble is I don’t know what the setting is called or where it goes… can anyone help.

Thanks

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It’s in “General Configuration” in the GUI (in 2021.8)

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Add this to your configuration.yaml

homeassistant:
  currency: USD

Don’t use a symbol as written in the docs, this is wrong. There is a PR on GitHub to fix that.
Already merged

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That worked a treat thanks. The Visual Studio code editor stated it was an incorrect param which threw me but clearly its out of date

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Thanks @DessertBesom .
I wondered where is this in the docs?
I still prefer YAML config, so was also looking for this. When I go to the docs for Home Assistant Core Integration - Home Assistant , I don’t see currency or the other settings like external_url, latitude, etc.
I eventually found it at Setup basic information - Home Assistant but that seems inconsistent, since I can find pages for default_config etc. in integrations.

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Yes, it’s here Setup basic information - Home Assistant
And yes, the structure of the docs are sometimes confusing for me too. But they are good and worth to search for content.

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he said he can’t use the GUI

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South african rand, specified as ZAR is not being accepted ?

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