[Kmymoney-devel] Transaction entry restrictions

[Cristian Oneț]

2014-10-18 14:30 GMT+03:00 Allan <agander93 at gmail.com>:
> On 18/10/14 12:07, Cristian Oneț wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking into this [1] report. I found that since this commit [2]
>> made by Allan, an amount is mandatory, one can't add a transaction
>> with the split value 0, is this restriction really necessary?
>>
>> I know that my wife used to add a 0 value transaction as a reminder
>> and correct the amount later. I know that a schedule could be used for
>> that but it's really a big gun to setup one when all you want is to
>> have a transaction for which the amount is not yet known.
>>
>> Do you have anything against removing this restriction?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Cristian
>>
>> [1] https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=123274&p=321894#p321635
>> [2]
>> https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/office/kmymoney/repository/revisions/94935cf78e0135e2bb0cceff3c0dbde8c1c07e6d
>
>
> I do get more or less regular transactions with a zero amount.
>
> One is from a bank, with an interest payment, which, these days, is usually
> zero.
>
> Another is from a credit card, which is also a loyalty card, where points
> are awarded depending on the amount.  Every three months, a voucher is
> issued for an appropriate reward amount.  The entry on the statement is
> documenting the issue of the voucher for so many points, the amount of the
> transaction being zero.
>
> So, at least for the first of those, I think a zero amount is *needed*, the
> second less so.
>
> As to whether or not an amount is *needed*, the only point I can make is
> that, since practically all transactions will have a non-zero amount,
> requiring there to actually be an amount, acts as a reminder to the user
> that when entering a transaction, he needs, usually to enter an amount.  I
> think that is what I had in mind when I made that change.  I suppose a
> tool-tip could prompt the user to think.

I don't think that it should be necessary for the application to
remind the user to enter an amount, I really hate those applications
that try to be smarter than the user. If the user really forgets to
enter the amount he will see the value 0 and can change it afterwards.
I don't see why we should have these kinds of restrictions.

Regards,
Cristian

>
> Allan
>
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