[GNC] Scheduled Transactions Question

[Adrien Monteleone]

I had the same problem and I think I solved it by making all of the 
variables part of a formula, so your transaction would look like:

DB Checking TOTALAMT*1
CR Asset TOTALAMT*1
CR Income A TOTALAMT*1
DB Income B TOTALAMT*1

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/13/23 10:48 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Gnucash 4.13 Windows 10. Long time user.
> 
> I am trying out using a variable in a scheduled transaction for the 
> first time, and it's not behaving the way I expect. I am creating a 
> multi-entry transaction that transfers a single amount between two pairs 
> of accounts. in other words:
> 
> DB Checking TOTALAMT
> CR Asset TOTALAMT
> CR Income A TOTALAMT
> DB Income B TOTALAMT
> 
> [This is testing out how to create a transaction to track an IRA 
> distribution]
> 
> I expect GnuCash to prompt me for the TOTALAMT figure once when the 
> transaction is created, but GnuCash prompts me for *each* TOTALAMT entry 
> in the transaction (i.e., four times). Is there a way to have just one 
> request that gets assigned four times?