[GNC] Scheduled Transaction with Currency Conversion
rsbrux
rsbrux at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 4 07:19:19 EDT 2024
We have monthly transactions where a payment in USD is credited to a CHF
bank account. The USD amount is fixed, but the CHF amount varies
depending on the conversion rate. As has been recommended on this list,
I have configured these as scheduled transactions with a variable in
place of the CHF amount . However, when the scheduled transaction
triggers in GnuCash, I am asked to fill in both the CHF amount *and* the
USD -> CHF conversion rate. Unfortunately the bank notification does not
include the conversion rate. In fact the bank doesn't even know the
conversion rate, because this is determined by the payor, which performs
the conversion before the bank deposit. We don't receive any
notification from the payor (U.S. Social Security). IMHO, it should be
enough to supply *either* the credited amount in CHF *or* the USD -> CHF
conversion rate, since GnuCash can calculate one from the other, but GC
won't allow me to click "OK" without supplying the USD -> CHF conversion
rate explicitly. The scheduled transaction template has no place to
enter the conversion rate, otherwise I would put in a formula based on
the variable CHF amount. How can I get the scheduled transactions to
complete, without knowing the conversion rate?
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