On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 3:00 AM rsbrux via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> I have a scheduled transaction involving two currencies: a charge in EUR > which is charged to a CHF credit card. > > This has worked in the past. > > When the "Since Last Run" dialog appears, it lists this transaction > under "To-Create" and shows: > EUR <-> CHF (Need value) > > When I click on "(Need value)", it turns into what appears to be a text > edit field, where I usually enter an exchange rate. > > However, today, no value was accepted, leaving me unable to close the > "Since Last Run" dialog with "OK". > The Scheduled Transaction explicitly disallows automatic transactions to any accounts requiring exchange rates. Here's how to verify this -- pick a transaction with exchange rates you've already entered in the past and choose Actions --> Schedule. The Make Scheduled Transaction assistant window will come up. Set up your parameters. If you check the "Create automatically" checkbox, you'll get the following message: "Scheduled Transactions with variables or involving more than one commodity cannot be automatically created." It's a disappointment to me because one nonprofit I keep the books for makes a regular contribution to a mutual fund. I don't keep track of the mutual fund's value using GnuCash, but I set it up "properly" when I took over the bookkeeping, so every time I enter a new transaction for the mutual fund it uses the original (outdated) exchange rate. (I've never bothered to reconcile the mutual fund amounts to GnuCash's accounts.) SO I have to create each month's contribution to the mutual fund "manually" in the non-profit organization's checking account. HOWEVER one part of that warning from GnuCash is NOT correct. As you have discovered, you CAN create automatic transactions with variables (I use them all the time). The Since Last Run dialog DOES prompt you (as you have seen) for the value in the variable. HOWEVER it apparently doesn't catch and warn you when you've edited the Template Transaction to try to make it work with exchange rates. > ----- > 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.
