Scheduled Vendor Bills vs Schedule Transactions

[Adrien Monteleone]

> On Feb 25, 2018, at 9:33 AM, Fran_3 <mailbox0600 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> The Vendor Report works great so long as we manually post each vendor bill and then use the Business Features to Process Payment.
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>  I was looking for a way to automate some of that using Scheculed Transactions... ditto for Invoices to our Customers who are invoiced on the first of every month for the same amount each month.
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> But automatic transactions will not associate a customer or a vendor with the transaction... just the appropriate accounts in the chart of accounts
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>  like for a vendor...
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> Credit AP, Debit Expenses
> Debit AP, Credit Checking
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> or for a customer...
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> Debit AP, Credit Sales
> Credit AP, Debit Checking
> 
> No worries, We can use the "duplicate" bill or invoice feature to do that and maybe use the Scheduled Transactions only as a reminder.

That’s probably the easiest solution for now. It would be a nice feature enhancement though, certainly file it if you get the chance.

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> Thanks,
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> Fran3
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> On Sunday, February 25, 2018, 2:18:28 AM EST, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Does the Vendor Report not give you the info you’re looking for without involving scheduled transactions? That report shows a full history of bills and payments for a particular vendor over whatever time period you run the report for. (that is, bills and payments run through the business features or properly imported)
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> > On Feb 24, 2018, at 4:40 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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> > It seems when you do a "scheduled transaction" there is no way to relate it to a vendor... right?
> > Asking because we like to be able to track how much we paid to Vendor A, Vendor B, etc.
> > Electric Bill for example... With a "Scheduled Transaction" you could schedule...
> > 1 - Credit AP and Debit Utilities Electric
> > then maybe the next day
> > 2 - Debit AP and Credit Checking
> > But there seems no way to affiliate it to the Electric Company as would happen if you Created and Posted a Vendor Bill then "Paid" the Bill.
> > Right? or did I miss something?
> > Thanks for the help.
> > Fran
> > 
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