[GNC] Scheduled Transactions Question

[David T.]

Thanks. I did a little testing, trying both your suggestion and Stan's. Both seemed to have the same result: I was only prompted once. I suspect that "formula-izing" the transaction doesn't materially change anything here. 

In retrospect, I suspect user error in the first place. I now believe that I had created the test transaction without paying close enough attention to the start date-- and that GnuCash was creating multiple instances of the transaction (and therefore promoting for each).

⁣David T. ​

On Jan 14, 2023, 2:08 AM, at 2:08 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>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?
>
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