[GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

[David T.]

I've found the "Prompt for value" option with SXes to be downright annoying.

I go to Gnucash to check the balances in a savings account, and the SX dialog pops up asking me for a dollar amount for my electric bill (and won't seem to let me just click past). Inevitably, I just put in any old number-- defeating the whole purpose of that feature. 

So, I've opted to have balanced transactions that may be off, which I correct when I reconcile the account. But then, I had to change some figures in one complex SX, and it didn't supply the balancing split.

David T.​

On Jan 11, 2024, 8:17 PM, at 8:17 PM, "Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)" <stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>On 2024-01-11 12:55, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Long time user working in Windows 10 with Gnucash 4.13. 
>> 
>> I have a number of scheduled transactions that I use; one of them
>> has multiple splits. With the new year, I needed to update this
>> scheduled transaction. I began modifying the amounts on different
>> lines of the transaction, and when I got to entering the contra
>> account against which all the other splits would balance, I was
>> surprised to find that the automatic calculation feature of Gnucash
>> registers was not active. I understand that there might be use cases
>> in scheduled transactions where one might not want an automatic
>> calculation, but is there a way to invoke it without manually adding
>> up all the amounts in my head?
>
>I've noticed that too. I'm not aware of any workaround. (Another
>difference is that if you enter an amount with fewer decimal places
>that
>appropriate for your currency, the SX editor does not fill in zeroes.
>They _are_ filled in when the transaction fires.)
>
>The SX editor doesn't force you to balance the transaction. I haven't
>tried this, but why not just leave it unbalanced, and when the
>transaction fires you'll have a split for Imbalance. You can then
>change
>that to the desired account.
>
>Stan Brown
>Tehachapi, CA, USA
>https://BrownMath.com/