[GNC] Scheduled transaction with variable amount

Gyle McCollam gmccollam at live.com
Tue Jul 27 21:51:26 EDT 2021


Thank you both.  I didn't know this could be done and it will be a great help, now that I know how to set it up.  Never would have realized that setting it up as an automatic transaction was my issue.


Thank You,
Gyle McCollam

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Subject: Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction with variable amount

Gyle,

I believe you cannot create a transaction with a variable automatically created, i.e. do not check the second box in the editor screen.  Then it will ask for a value when you run the since last run assistant.

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 7:18 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at live.com>> wrote:
Derek, this is something I was looking for, however when I tried to put "total" in the debit and credit formula it wouldn't allow the "s.  So I tried with the quotes and it wouldn't save the scheduled transaction.  See the attach screen shot.  Can you tell me what I did wrong?

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Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

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Subject: Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction with variable amount

Hi,

On Tue, July 27, 2021 4:24 pm, Aleksandar Kocic wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I wonder if it would be possible to schedule a transaction with a variable
> amount. For example, if I want to schedule a credit card payment, I need
> to
> provide a fixed amount per transaction although we know that these
> amounts vary month to month. Instead, it would be nice to have a way to
> set
> a transaction that would just pay the balance every month.

Yes, just put a variable (string) in the debit/credit formula.  Eg,
"total".  When the SX fires, it will ask you for the actual amount to put
in.

Enjoy.

>
> Please advise.
>
> Regards,
> Aleksandar

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