Hello all, I have a fixed annuity account which updates with a new total, but does not show the interest that contributes to that total. Here is the simple formula to calculate the interest:
Interest = NewAmount - OldAmount I thought it would be interesting to have a monthly scheduled transaction that would request the new value from me (which I get from my brokerage). The function would then subtract the current value of the account (OldAmount) from the value I entered (NewAmount) and then add the interest as a transaction in the account. While it's not a big deal to figure it out and just put in the interest, I thought it would be fun to see if I can get GnuCash to do it, although I admit I may be asking a bit too much of the scheduled transaction capability. Getting the NewAmount is probably as easy as adding a variable to the scheduled transaction. Adding the interest as a variable is probably something that can be done. I'm not sure how I could get the current amount in the scheme file to do the subtraction. Any thoughts on this? Is it possible? Pointers on where to begin? (I'm been looking through the fin.scm file, but I didn't see much documentation on this capability) Thanks in advance! Michael _______________________________________________ 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.
