[GNC] Omission from help manual: formulas

[Stan Brown]

Thank you for the reply, Frank, but I read that before I posted. That's quite inadequate to tell people how to create formulas. 

The first three omissions that occur to me are: how do we use the value of one split in computing the value for a different split?  How do we use values from a specific other transaction to compute values for this one? How do we do exponentiation, for goodness sake?

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On Mon, Sep 17, 2018, at 5:06 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote:
> Hi Stan,
> Am 15.09.18 um 15:37 schrieb Stan Brown:
> > Though I have 2.6.19, I looked on line at the 3.2 manuals, and they are
> > the same in this respect.
> 
> You missed one important place, the FAQ:
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_use_variables_and_formula_in_scheduled_transactions.3F
> that leads to
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Scheduled_Transactions
> 
> 
> > There doesn't seem to be any documentation of formulas for scheduled
> > transactions. I'm talking about the "debit formula" and "credit formula"
> > columns in the template transaction pane of the Edit Scheduled
> > Transaction window.
> > 
> > There are specific formulas for things like mortgages and payroll, but I
> > was unable to find the general rules for constructing formulas, neither
> > in the Help Manual nor in the Tutorial and Concept Guide.
> > 
> > Can this be added, please?
> 
> Yes it should be added to the docs, so as David already said, raise a
> bug report.
> 
> > -- Regards, Stan Brown
> 
> Regards
> Frank
>