Scheduled transaction formulae & splitting joint bills

[Ian Snell]

Josh Sled wrote:
> <ian at caption.org> writes:
>>  
>> 1) I pay my credit card bills in full every month.  Is it possible to
>> schedule a transaction that pays off the complete balance that was on the
>> card at a given date?  
>>     
>
> Unfortunately, no.  
>
> You could create a scheduled transaction with the credit and debit formulæ
> cells of "value", and have it basically prompt you to go find and copy+paste
> the value. :/
>   
Ah, well, that is the answer I was expecting, but it's a shame all the 
same.  That was my backup plan anyway.

>> Additionally, is there a way of storing the ratio used in this calculation,
>> so I could use it in a formula? 
>>     
>
> You could just in-line it, or create a new function in your
> ~/.gnucash/config.user ... something like:
>
>     (define (gnc:partner-split-my-share value)
>       (* 0.6666 value))
>   
Perfect, that's just what I'm after.  I've played around with the 
formulae and got it doing just what I want.  Thanks very much!

Ian