Re: [GNC-dev] Scripting Gnucash actions without UI
I've seen several questions on the user list with respect to that very use case as an SX variable. Regards, Adrien On 10/12/23 9:26 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: Other ideas are possible: determine the balance of an account at a particular date ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] Scripting Gnucash actions without UI
Thanks Liz... With the full power of scheme (or python) it will be relatively straightforward to customise these calculations. There's an example script in the GitHub pull request, and it does interact via command line to input some transaction details, summarises the transaction and asks confirmation before committing the change. It does require some knowledge of programming and learning the gnucash API, but won't require building the full gnucash code. Other ideas are possible: determine the balance of an account at a particular date, download transactional, business or pricing data from an external source or any format (json,TSV), submit anything to an external recipient, etc. Implementing such a change effectively raises the scheme code from being a report-only mechanism to unlocking full scripting, and also unlock python scripting to more users. On Fri, 13 Oct 2023, 5:52 am Liz, wrote: > On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 17:51:40 +0800 > Christopher Lam wrote: > > > It would thus be useful to know the types of tasks that users wish to > > automate. I'll start: > > > > Every quarter, I personally tally up the GST account balances, which > > allows me to submit to the tax office. I currently use the "Income > > and GST Statement" report for tallying. I will also create some > > transactions which will offset the GST accounts back to zero. This > > could easily be automated. > > My GST is more complex > with two different vehicles, company tax and the income tax to be > reckoned as well. > Vehicles only have a proportion of the GST to be put in the > calculations. > > I attach my Scheduled transaction just for the amounts to be given to > the tax office. > There are also a series of scheduled transactions for the splits in the > GST for vehicle expenses. > > Liz > ___ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] Scripting Gnucash actions without UI
On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 17:51:40 +0800 Christopher Lam wrote: > It would thus be useful to know the types of tasks that users wish to > automate. I'll start: > > Every quarter, I personally tally up the GST account balances, which > allows me to submit to the tax office. I currently use the "Income > and GST Statement" report for tallying. I will also create some > transactions which will offset the GST accounts back to zero. This > could easily be automated. My GST is more complex with two different vehicles, company tax and the income tax to be reckoned as well. Vehicles only have a proportion of the GST to be put in the calculations. I attach my Scheduled transaction just for the amounts to be given to the tax office. There are also a series of scheduled transactions for the splits in the GST for vehicle expenses. Liz ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
Re: [GNC-dev] Scripting Gnucash actions without UI
Christopher, Did you mean to post this to the gnucash-users list so the "Dear Users" can comment ? Cheers David H. On Sun, 8 Oct 2023 at 19:52, Christopher Lam wrote: > Dear Users > > I'm aware there's demand for automated scripting Gnucash activity such as > entering transactions with custom formulas more complex than the SX > facility will allow, determining end-of-quarter calculations etc. > > There's a pending PR at https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1794 which > will unlock it (with a scheme script... or a python script if someone > proficient can code it), and *will* allow the above, and* can* offer some > interactivity (e.g. "please enter the transaction description" -- see the > PR for such an example),* and also* potentially unlock other UI toolkits. > From my understanding this is a facility that the original GnuCash code > from 1997 or so offered. > > We are not willing to provide custom-built solutions for users (not even > with money offers); and I do not think it's a good idea to add custom > scripts into the code. Users could share the scripts among themselves at > their own maintenance risk. However, if users are needing help for such > tasks, we can consider augmenting the software with api calls which can > assist. > > It would thus be useful to know the types of tasks that users wish to > automate. I'll start: > > Every quarter, I personally tally up the GST account balances, which allows > me to submit to the tax office. I currently use the "Income and GST > Statement" report for tallying. I will also create some transactions which > will offset the GST accounts back to zero. This could easily be automated. > ___ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
[GNC-dev] Scripting Gnucash actions without UI
Dear Users I'm aware there's demand for automated scripting Gnucash activity such as entering transactions with custom formulas more complex than the SX facility will allow, determining end-of-quarter calculations etc. There's a pending PR at https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/pull/1794 which will unlock it (with a scheme script... or a python script if someone proficient can code it), and *will* allow the above, and* can* offer some interactivity (e.g. "please enter the transaction description" -- see the PR for such an example),* and also* potentially unlock other UI toolkits. >From my understanding this is a facility that the original GnuCash code from 1997 or so offered. We are not willing to provide custom-built solutions for users (not even with money offers); and I do not think it's a good idea to add custom scripts into the code. Users could share the scripts among themselves at their own maintenance risk. However, if users are needing help for such tasks, we can consider augmenting the software with api calls which can assist. It would thus be useful to know the types of tasks that users wish to automate. I'll start: Every quarter, I personally tally up the GST account balances, which allows me to submit to the tax office. I currently use the "Income and GST Statement" report for tallying. I will also create some transactions which will offset the GST accounts back to zero. This could easily be automated. ___ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
