Thanks Derek....that's what I thought the answer would be. Much appreciated.
Michael On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 2:14 PM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > GnuCash SX does not have a "Get Account Balance As Of Date" function, so > there is no way to get "OldAmount" here. > > -derek > > On Tue, November 16, 2021 3:02 pm, Fross, Michael wrote: > > 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. > > > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ 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.
