Thank you both. I didn't know this could be done and it will be a great help, now that I know how to set it up. Never would have realized that setting it up as an automatic transaction was my issue.
Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam 609.680.2326 Mobile gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email ________________________________ From: David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 8:41 PM To: Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> Cc: Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com>; gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction with variable amount Gyle, I believe you cannot create a transaction with a variable automatically created, i.e. do not check the second box in the editor screen. Then it will ask for a value when you run the since last run assistant. On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 7:18 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@live.com>> wrote: Derek, this is something I was looking for, however when I tried to put "total" in the debit and credit formula it wouldn't allow the "s. So I tried with the quotes and it wouldn't save the scheduled transaction. See the attach screen shot. Can you tell me what I did wrong? [cid:b223ae00-6131-45ea-a805-a1b590e0d7dc] Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam 609.680.2326 Mobile gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@live.com><mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>> email ________________________________ From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org<mailto:gmail....@gnucash.org>> on behalf of Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com<mailto:de...@ihtfp.com>> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 4:37 PM To: Aleksandar Kocic <akoci...@gmail.com<mailto:akoci...@gmail.com>> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction with variable amount Hi, On Tue, July 27, 2021 4:24 pm, Aleksandar Kocic wrote: > Hi there, > > I wonder if it would be possible to schedule a transaction with a variable > amount. For example, if I want to schedule a credit card payment, I need > to > provide a fixed amount per transaction although we know that these > amounts vary month to month. Instead, it would be nice to have a way to > set > a transaction that would just pay the balance every month. Yes, just put a variable (string) in the debit/credit formula. Eg, "total". When the SX fires, it will ask you for the actual amount to put in. Enjoy. > > Please advise. > > Regards, > Aleksandar > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -derek -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com<mailto:de...@ihtfp.com> www.ihtfp.com<http://www.ihtfp.com><http://www.ihtfp.com> Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
