Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2024-01-03 Thread Alan Johnson via gnucash-user
I created the income account "discounts" and did it with a manual transfer to the expense account.   On Wed, 2024-01-03 at 11:16 -0600, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Thanks for reporting back, but for posterity, which method worked? > > (assigning as payment, or using an intermediary account) >

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2024-01-03 Thread Alan Johnson via gnucash-user
I'm not a coder, but I've considered learning to give it a shot :) Alan On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 12:34 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > On Tue, January 2, 2024 12:31 pm, Alan Johnson via gnucash-user > wrote: > > Thanks, that worked.  > > > > Perhaps a future feature to add a coupon/discount

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2024-01-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Thanks for reporting back, but for posterity, which method worked? (assigning as payment, or using an intermediary account) Regards, Adrien On 1/2/24 11:31 AM, Alan Johnson via gnucash-user wrote: Thanks, that worked. On Sun, 2023-12-31 at 14:36 -0600, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Is this

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2024-01-02 Thread Derek Atkins
On Tue, January 2, 2024 12:31 pm, Alan Johnson via gnucash-user wrote: > Thanks, that worked.  > > Perhaps a future feature to add a coupon/discount mechanism to the > customer invoice interface would be in order? Patches always welcome! :) > > Alan > Please remember to CC this list on all

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2024-01-02 Thread Alan Johnson via gnucash-user
Thanks, that worked.  Perhaps a future feature to add a coupon/discount mechanism to the customer invoice interface would be in order? Alan On Sun, 2023-12-31 at 14:36 -0600, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Is this screenshot taken while viewing the AR account? That error > message usually means

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2023-12-31 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Is this screenshot taken while viewing the AR account? That error message usually means you don't have a split in the transaction that is AR/AP. Can you turn on View > Transaction Journal and send another screenshot? Be sure to commit the transaction first, then try right-clicking to assign

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2023-12-31 Thread Alan Johnson via gnucash-user
Adrien, I tried that and I get the below error message: The selected transaction doesn't have splits that can be assigned as a payment On Sat, 2023-12-30 at 21:31 -0600, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Alan, > > Create a manual transaction between the desired expense account and > Accounts

Re: [GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2023-12-30 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Alan, Create a manual transaction between the desired expense account and Accounts Receivable. (Debit the Expense, Credit AR) Then right click the transaction after committing it, and choose 'Assign as Payment'. In the Process Payment window, select the invoice you want to apply this to

[GNC] Discount / Coupon question - How to apply?

2023-12-30 Thread Alan Johnson via gnucash-user
Hello, I have a customer that I have created an invoice for.  How do I create a coupon/discount to pay for the invoice and charge it to a marketing expense? I tried to choose the expense account but it will only allow me to use income or liability accounts. Thanks, Alan smime.p7s