Can I enter a formula into a scheduled transaction so that the check number will fill in with the next one?
On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > Check the wiki at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Scheduled_Transactions > ??? > > Variables and Formulas were introduced to serve the *mortgage/loan druid* > in > 2002. Variables and Formulas work only in cells like Deposit and Withdrawal > (or Debit and Credit if you have formal account names turned on) that > require something that evaluates to a number. > > 1. Any text string [not followed by parens] entered in the template > transaction will be recognized as a *variable*, and you will be prompted > to provide a value when the scheduled transaction is created. > 2. Any text string *followed by parens*, optionally with arguments, will > have the string "gnc:" prepended to it and *evaluated in the scheme > environment*.*Arguments* are separated with :. See fin.scm > <https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/stable/bindings/guile/fin.scm> > for > examples of providing functions. > 3. There is a *magic variable* '*i'*, which stands for the *current > instance-count of the scheduled transaction*. 1 for the first, 2 for the > second, &c. It might be 0-based. > > > - I'd like to have a variable which decrements each month, in order to > automatically calculate sum-of-digits depreciation. > > In any case, if you know the starting point, "(42 - i)" should work. > Cheers David H. > > On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 at 09:43, Adrian Jolly via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > I require to schedule a weekly transaction, where the Num field > increments > > by 1 for each transaction > > > > > > > > My template has " i + 1 " (without the quotes), in the Num field. But > all I > > get is " i + 1 " (without the quotes) in each and every transaction. > What > > am I doing wrong? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adrian > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
