automatic progressive transaction id across accounts

[Havard Rast Blok]

Hi Paolo,

I have the exact same requirement, however, I don't know how to 
accomplish it in the current version.

If nobody else picks it up, I'd like to get involved with development, 
and try to implement such a feature. (Please don't hold your breath till 
it's done, though).

Regards,
Havard

paolo palmerini wrote:
> dear all,
> i am a new gnucash user and i am trying to promote the wide scale
> adoption of gnucash within my NGO,  working in about 10 different
> countries with different languages and currencies. gnucash seems to be
> the right software to manage our accounts but still there are a couple
> of issues that limit its unconditional adoption.
> 
> the first and most important requirement coming from my organisation
> admin department is the possibility of automatic numbering of
> transactions across different accounts within the same gnucash file.
> 
> from what i understand, at present gnucash provides a "num" field for
> each transaction that can be manually filled by the user and can
> be automatically incremented within the same account typing the
> "+" key on it. however, the system does not prevent from assigning twice
> the same number to different transactions within the same account or
> across different accounts.
> 
> my question is: is there a simple way to achieve this automatic
> progressive numbering (with the possibility of resetting the numbering
> every year?). if not, where in the code would one have to put his/her
> hands to add this feature?
> 
> last question: am i the only one with such requirement? is there another 
> way to get a unique transaction id?
> 
> thanks for any help,
> p.
>