Scheduled Transactions as Unscheduled Templates

[Havard Rast Blok]

Hi Marcus,

Well, here's my first simple, but perhaps naive, suggestion:

In the current "Frequency" tab of the "Edit Scheduled Transaction" 
window, add an entry to the list of Frequencies: "Never". The rest of 
the UI in that tab would then be disabled (gray?).

To recall the template, use the current auto-complete functionality for 
previous transactions. If the new Description auto-completes and matches 
a template, bring up the window "Since Last run..." to enter the custom 
fields. (Might want to rename the title of that window, though.)

What do you think? Too simple? Confusing? Or worth a try?

Regards,
Havard


marcus.wolschon at googlemail.com wrote:
> Hello Havard,
> 
> such a feature would be great!
> Please tell me when you have the
> storage-format for it ready. I'm
> interested adding support for such
> templates to jGnucashLib to make
> scripting easier for non-programmers.
> 
> Marcus
> 
> 
> On Sun, 24 May 2009 22:22:14 +0200, Havard Rast Blok <nn2 at hblok.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently sent out this on the user-list, however did not receive any 
>> answers (only two, "me too"), so I thought I'd try here.
>>
>> If possible, I'd like to try to implement this. Any tips, ideas or
>> comments?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Havard
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Scheduled Transactions as Unscheduled Templates
>> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:22:23 +0200
>> From: Havard Rast Blok <nn2 at hblok.net>
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The automatic transaction history of GnuCash is one of my favourite
>> features, and scheduled transactions takes this one step further: now
>> only a single number is all it takes to complete a transaction.
>>
>> However, not all reoccurring transactions follow a defined schedule.
>> Take paying for postage or stamps as an example: It happens frequently
>> with different amounts, but is usually not scheduled. When I need to
>> enter a transaction of this type, I'd still like the power of the
>> template functionality, though. Then I can type in only the gross
>> amount, and the rest (VAT, etc.) is filled out automatically.
>>
>> I've browsed several threads, wiki and docs, but cannot find any way to
>> set up an "unscheduled" template. Is it worth a feature request?
>>
>>
>> Relevant TODO lists I found include:
>> http://linas.org/linux/gnucash/projects.html#alerts
>>
> http://www.sfr-fresh.com/unix/privat/gnucash-2.2.9.tar.gz:a/gnucash-2.2.9/src/doc/TODO-schedxactions
>>
>> Regards,
>> Havard Rast Blok
>>
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