[GNC] Omission from help manual: formulas

[David T.]

Stan, 

I neither use formulas nor scheduled transactions, so I can’t comment on the documentation. Since you do, maybe you could add some information on the wiki to assist others after you?

> On Sep 17, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
> -- 
> Stan Brown
> the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm
> https://BrownMath.com
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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
>> 
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