Since Last Run-Value

[David Carlson]

On 4/4/2013 5:25 PM, Richard Lindgren wrote:
> My apologies Derek, for misspelling your name.
> I have been using GnuCash now for three(3) months. I am neither an
> accountant nor a programmer. So if I seem to be asking some foolish
> questions, I'm sorry. I am still not understanding the "Since Last Run"
> program relative to showing a value in the Value column. I have removed ALL
> text in the template so as to eliminate any variables and still no value
> appears. I have read up on the two (2) links provided herein but I guess I
> am still "In the Dark", as I am not able to make it work. Can someone
> explain this to me in the most simplistic way so I can understand what it
> takes for values to appear and remove my mental blockage?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 12:16 PM
> To: Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com
> Cc: Richard Lindgren; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Since Last Run-Value
>
> "Fred Bone" <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com> writes:
>
>> On 2 April 2013 at 14:00, Richard Lindgren said:
>>
>>> Derrick
>>>
>>> I guess I have to show my ignorance. What do you mean by variables in 
>>> my SX? What do you mean by SX?
>> His name is Derek.
>>
>> "SX" is the universal (in the Gnucash world) abbreviation for 
>> "Scheduled Transaction".
>>
>> For variables, see 
>> <http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Scheduled_Transactions>,
>> or the full documentation obtainable via <http://gnucash.org/docs.phtml>.
> Also see the FAQ:
>
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_is_the_.22SX.22_thing_I_see_on_the_
> lists_and_IRC_periodically.3F
>
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> -derek
>
For your first try, right click on an existing transaction similar to
what you want to schedule.  Then click on schedule...

Then fill in repeat frequency and dates as desired, and see what is on
the template page.  Often all you have to do is click OK, but you can
edit the transaction just as you would a register transaction.  Stay
with simple numeric values.  Trying to work with variables is too tricky
for me.

David C