I am pretty sure that does NOT work. You can change the start date for a
scheduled transaction forward, or backwards, or change the transaction to
non-repeating and then back to repeating... and the "last triggered" date will
not change. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think editing the file is
the only way to set the last triggered date to an earlier date (or to remove it).
David Carlson wrote:
I think it may be possible to set the start date for an existing scheduled
transaction to an arbitrary date in the past to effectively reset the clock
on that scheduled transaction. However, I do not have a test file handy or
the time to pursue that theory myself.
Alternatively, one could duplicate a previously created transaction, then
memorize that transaction. If the original scheduled transaction contained
formulas, the newly created scheduled transaction would have to be edited
to insert those formulas. While formulas can be inserted into existing
transactions, they get evaluated instantly when the edit is committed, so
they must be saved as scheduled transactions to remain as formulas.
One would have to remember to give the new scheduled transaction a
distinctive name to be easily found in the list of scheduled transactions,
since it will likely be named similarly to other existing transactions.
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 8:46 PM lj <[email protected]> wrote:
bdp3 wrote:
But I still don't understand HOW to rerun the SX using a date in the
past... My SX has many lines and deleting/re-writing it would be a hassle.
> Questions:
> How can the Scheduled be re-run for prior periods?
The only way to do that is by editing your Gnucash data file with a text
editor. Not recommended unless you are confident, keep backups, etc.
Basically
you close Gnucash, uncompress (gunzip) the data file, and open it in your
text
editor. Look for your scheduled transaction by name (<sx:name>...), and
change
the date in the sx:last tag. Save the file, recompress it with gzip, and
reopen it in Gnucash.
I've always thought it would be a neat feature to add: Have gnucash reset
the
last triggered date for a scheduled transaction if you change the start
date
(or something like that). No UI changes needed. It would provide a way to
fix
problems like this without affecting much else.
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