Empty Value column in Since Last Run... Scheduled Transactions window

[prl]

On 16/09/11 22:12, jomali wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:41 AM, prl <prl at ozemail.com.au 
> <mailto:prl at ozemail.com.au>> wrote:
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>     Gnucash 2.4.7 for Mac, OSX 10.6.8.
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>     I don't see any values in the Value column for any of my scheduled
>     transactions in the Since Last Run... window , though there is a
>     value in the transaction template for each of them. Is this a bug,
>     or am I doing something wrong.
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> What would you expect to see there? For a split transaction, there 
> could be several debits and credits, all adding up to zero. AFAIK, the 
> value column is only for entering values to satisfy formulas.
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What I would like to see for fixed-value transactions (no variables) is 
the total value of the transaction: the sum of either the debits or the 
credits, which, of course, should be equal in size. Is that such a 
surprising thing to want?

Peter