Thanks. I did a little testing, trying both your suggestion and Stan's. Both seemed to have the same result: I was only prompted once. I suspect that "formula-izing" the transaction doesn't materially change anything here.
In retrospect, I suspect user error in the first place. I now believe that I had created the test transaction without paying close enough attention to the start date-- and that GnuCash was creating multiple instances of the transaction (and therefore promoting for each). David T. On Jan 14, 2023, 2:08 AM, at 2:08 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >I had the same problem and I think I solved it by making all of the >variables part of a formula, so your transaction would look like: > >DB Checking TOTALAMT*1 >CR Asset TOTALAMT*1 >CR Income A TOTALAMT*1 >DB Income B TOTALAMT*1 > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 1/13/23 10:48 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Gnucash 4.13 Windows 10. Long time user. >> >> I am trying out using a variable in a scheduled transaction for the >> first time, and it's not behaving the way I expect. I am creating a >> multi-entry transaction that transfers a single amount between two >pairs >> of accounts. in other words: >> >> DB Checking TOTALAMT >> CR Asset TOTALAMT >> CR Income A TOTALAMT >> DB Income B TOTALAMT >> >> [This is testing out how to create a transaction to track an IRA >> distribution] >> >> I expect GnuCash to prompt me for the TOTALAMT figure once when the >> transaction is created, but GnuCash prompts me for *each* TOTALAMT >entry >> in the transaction (i.e., four times). Is there a way to have just >one >> request that gets assigned four times? > >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >----- >Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.