[GNC] Template Transactions Behavior in Scheduled Transaction Editor

[David Carlson]

I think that we need to see how SX's will work after the Since Last Run
druid is fixed before proposing more improvements.  If I understand
correctly, there is an unresolved issue preventing nightly builds, so it
will be difficult to test anything right now anyway.

As for balancing SX's, I often resort to entering each value on both sides,
using plus [or minus] signs instead of summing multiple values.

A long time ago I submitted a feature request to provide the ability to
manually enter a SX.  I think that would help in some cases.

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 1:50 PM Adrien Monteleone <
adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:

> That sounds like you have an SX to autocreate. Perhaps turn that off and
> it won't fire.
>
> Otherwise, perhaps turn off the preference to execute the Since Last Run
> dialog on startup. You can still run it manually to fire any pending
> SXs, but otherwise, not have it bother you if you just want to pop in
> and out to check a balance.
>
> Another option (which I use for other reasons) is to simply leave
> GnuCash open 24/7. That lets me see and do whatever I want, and I just
> run the SLR periodically to fire my SXs. (Oddly, there is no 'watcher'
> that fires them when the system date should otherwise trigger them)
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 1/11/24 3:36 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> > 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.
>
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