Invalid Transaction: final gnc_numeric value, using 0 instead

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 8, 2017, at 7:38 PM, prl <prl at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> 
> On 9/01/2017 14:28, John Ralls wrote:
>>> On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:31 PM, prl <prl at ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I think that this is the split in the scheduled transaction that's causing the problem. It's the split that acts on the credit side of the scheduled transaction, it points to the account that's getting the blank entry in the account page, and it looks wrong:
>>> 
>>>      <split:slots>
>>>        <slot>
>>>          <slot:key>sched-xaction</slot:key>
>>>          <slot:value type="frame">
>>>            <slot>
>>>              <slot:key>account</slot:key>
>>>              <slot:value type="guid">e44416d5a6ff84674dab857154276eeb</slot:value>
>>>            </slot>
>>>            <slot>
>>> <slot:key>credit-formula</slot:key>
>>>              <slot:value type="string">1921.70</slot:value>
>>>            </slot>
>>>            <slot>
>>> <slot:key>credit-numeric</slot:key>
>>>              <slot:value type="numeric">19217/10</slot:value>
>>>            </slot>
>>>            <slot>
>>> <slot:key>debit-formula</slot:key>
>>>              <slot:value type="string"></slot:value>
>>>            </slot>
>>>            <slot>
>>> <slot:key>debit-numeric</slot:key>
>>>              <slot:value type="numeric">35769/20</slot:value>
>>>            </slot>
>>>          </slot:value>
>>>        </slot>
>>>      </split:slots>
>>> 
>>> In particular, I don't think that the debit-numeric value should have a value, since this is the credit side of the transaction (and the credit amounts are correct). It's also odd that the debit amount, 35769/20 (1788.45), is the value of the generated split in the /previous/ execution of the scheduled transaction.
>>> 
>>> This is an annual transaction, but the amount varies: I enter the new amount when I receive the account for the coming year.
>>> 
>>> Gnucash OS X Intel 2.6.15 (built from rev 1ef17e6+ on 2016-12-17)
>>> OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
>> Peter,
>> 
>> Is that a newly-created SX or one that was created with an older version of GnuCash?
> It's the one created in an older version of Gnucash - the one that is causing the problem. The new one I created that works doesn't have a debit value in the credit split. The SX that's now causing problems was created in 2012.

Good.

I asked because I fixed a related bug last fall and was worried that I'd missed something. I think the best course for you is to delete and recreate the SX in 2.6.15.

Regards,
John Ralls