[GNC] Is there an 'easy' way to have a transaction with 'sub-transactions' as it were?

[Michael Hendry]

> On 13 Sep 2020, at 08:54, Doug <lemans4 at internode.on.net> wrote:
> 
> Chris,
> I am no Gnucash or accounting x-pert, but how I perform a similar task is to just do a total import, to ´Unspecified´.
> Then I duplicate another transaction with similar splits, to the same date (so in you case, the previous weeks transaction). 
> Then I manually do the split in that transaction, finishing with deleting the original import (which was only there as a ´memory prompt´ anyway).
> 
> In my case, I use this for importing my wife´s salary, where the variations are usually relatively minor.
> 
> Would love to know if someone does a similar task in a more efficient way.
> 
> Keep safe! (from Covid)
> regards, Doug (Australia)

Hi, Doug.

I’m not sure what you mean by a “total import”.

I use Scheduled Transactions to handle (e.g.) pension income, where there is a regular monthly payment. The value of these deposits varies slightly, I suspect because tax is deducted at source, and minor tweaks are necessary for the annual figure to match the real world.

In my case, there are only two splits (Income:Pension —> Assets:Current Assets:Bank Account), but if you want to track gross income and various deductions which result in the net income it saves a lot of time to have the framework of the transaction already there when you come to reconcile the figures.

Also, if you set the Scheduled Transactions to be processed in advance, there’s the advantage that you get early warning of income arriving in your account (or, perhaps more important, of automated payments going out), and the minor fluctuations in the exact amounts are not significant.

Regards,

Michael