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.
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