Tom, Don't worry, just when you get it all figured out, they will change it.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM Tom Route-36 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > I finally understand what you (and R Losey) are talking about. When I > looked at the list of Scheduled Transactions in the SLR I saw the three > columns labeled Transaction, Status, and Value. The Transaction column > has the scheduled date, and the Status column shows the word "Reminder" > with a down arrow/triangle to the right of the word Reminder. I kept > clicking on that down arrow/triangle and nothing happened. But thanks > to the added info from both of you I eventually tried clicking directly > on the word "Reminder" -- instead of that down arrow. And SURPRISE! I > finally saw the list of options that you and R Losey were describing. > (Hey, I wasn't kidding when I said I was new to GnuCash.) > > So when I clicked on the word "Reminder", I then selected "To-Create". > And just as you and R Losey explained, the transaction gets entered into > the register. And in addition, the scheduled transaction in the list > gets updated to the next scheduled date. Perfect! That's just what I > was hoping to see. > > So thanks very much to both of you. I feel embarrassed at my stupid > mistake. But I'm also a bit smarter about GnuCash now. Thanks again. > > Tom > > > > On 8/15/2025 8:20 PM, David Carlson wrote: > > Tom, > > > > I am using release 5.11 and I have seen reports here that release 5.12 > > may have a flaw that may be related to this issue. > > > > However, in previous releases, when the Since Last Run assistant runs it > > produces a list of all the transactions that have been programmed for > > action at the current time. On the right side of the page is a column > > showing the proposed action for each of those transactions. Each action > > is actually a drop down list of possible actions for that transaction. > > As described in the help, there are choices such as ignore, postpone, to > > create, reminder and possibly a couple of other options. That is where > > you define what the SLR will do for that scheduled transaction when it > > is completed. When you want to create a transaction early, you change > > the action from reminder to to create. It will get whatever date was > > scheduled so you may want to change that while reviewing the new > > transactions. > > > > Normally you then get a list of all the new transactions where you can > > review the new transactions and edit any transactions that are > > incomplete or contain errors. Since I use the SLR extensively, my list > > sometimes contains 50 or more transactions and I may edit a third or > > more of them. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM Tom Route-36 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > R Losey, > > > > I have "Remind in Advance" set. And yes, it will show up in the SLR > > (at > > least once it gets within the set number of reminder days). > However, I > > don't know what you mean when you say that I can select "To-Create". > > There is no such button or option. Please describe in detail where I > > can find and select such an option. FYI, I'm using GnuCash v5.12 > Build > > ID: 5.12+(2025-06-28). > > > > Tom > > > > > > On 8/15/2025 2:34 PM, R Losey wrote: > > > If you have "Remind in Advance", it will show up on SLR, and you > can > > > select "To-Create" and it will be entered; I don't remember if > > uses the > > > scheduled date or today's date, but it is pretty easy to just > > change the > > > date manually this one time. I have an end-of-month transaction > > that can > > > be early if the 1st is a Sunday or a holiday Monday, and that's > > what I do. > > > > > > Also, the date is usually just a rough indication-- you could just > > > forget about it and live with it. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM Tom Route-36 > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Gyle, > > > > > > I wholeheartedly agree with you -- too many steps. Like I > > said, it's > > > not very elegant. As you also suggested, I'd also like to > > have just a > > > simple "Enter Now" button. But apparently there's not enough > > of us > > > interested in that. > > > > > > I checked Bugzilla and found Enhancement Requests for just > such a > > > solution going back as far as April 2014: > > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727513 <https:// > > bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727513> <https:// > > > bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727513 <http://bugs.gnucash.org/ > > show_bug.cgi?id=727513>>. If no one's made an > > > effort to add that feature in over 11 years, I guess we > > shouldn't hold > > > our breath. In the meantime, I at least have this solution > > that works > > > for me. > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > On 8/14/2025 12:03 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: > > > > Tom, > > > > Your solution works fine, but it has too many steps, it > > would be > > > ideal > > > > if you could rt-click a scheduled transaction and post with > > > today's date > > > > instead of multiple changes. The next bast option, as > > suggested by > > > > many, is to use autocomplete to enter and when the > transaction > > > fires on > > > > the correct date to select ignore. > > > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > > > > > *Gyle McCollam* > > > > > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>>>email > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user- > > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > on behalf of Tom Route-36 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > >>> > > > > *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2025 3:39 AM > > > > *To:* [email protected] <mailto:gnucash- > > [email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:gnucash- > > [email protected]>> > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > > > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] How to Trigger Immediate Entry of a > > Scheduled > > > > Transaction? > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I appreciate the advice and suggestions from everyone; but > > I think I > > > > managed to come up with a solution. It's not very > > elegant, and I > > > still > > > > wish there was a simple button that would just do an Enter > > Now; > > > but this > > > > procedure I came up with does seem to work. So I thought > I'd > > > explain it > > > > here in case anyone else needs to do something similar. > > > > > > > > There are several options for a Scheduled Transaction that > > can be > > > > selected: Enabled, Create automatically, Create in > > advance, and > > > Remind > > > > in advance. > > > > > > > > So I started wondering if it might be possible to move up a > > > transaction > > > > to today by going into my Scheduled Transaction list and > > simply > > > editing > > > > the transaction that I needed for today by checking the > > option box to > > > > "Create in advance", as well as selecting the proper > number of > > > days in > > > > advance to make it today. Well, once I did that and saved > it, > > > all I had > > > > to do was go and trigger an SLR (Since Last Run). And sure > > > enough the > > > > transaction got entered and saved in the register where I > > needed it. > > > > > > > > The only additional things I had to do was to adjust the > > transaction > > > > date in the register to give it today's date. And I also > > needed > > > to go > > > > back and re-edit the scheduled transaction by unchecking > the > > > "Create in > > > > advance" option box so that the future occurrences of the > > transaction > > > > would return to their normally scheduled date. > > > > > > > > Like I said, it's not elegant. But it definitely does > > work. If > > > anyone > > > > has questions let me know; but I think I can call this > problem > > > solved. > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/13/2025 7:40 PM, David Carlson wrote: > > > >> Tom, > > > >> > > > >> Another way to get one new transaction is to use the > > autocomplete > > > >> feature which will clone the previous instance similar to > > > whatever you > > > >> are currently typing. That always matches the previous > > > transaction, so > > > >> if there are differences in the new transaction, you > > would need to > > > >> change them to complete your new transaction. There are > > times > > > when one > > > >> method is better than the other. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM Tom Route-36 > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > >> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Hi all, > > > >> > > > >> I should probably clarify my question here. I'm not > > looking for > > > >> GnuCash > > > >> to automatically enter a scheduled transaction for > > me. What > > > I'm hoping > > > >> to do is to just select a scheduled transaction from > > my list of > > > >> upcoming > > > >> scheduled transactions -- and then click a button > > somewhere > > > that will > > > >> manually enter that one scheduled transaction into the > > > appropriate > > > >> register today with today's date. > > > >> > > > >> In short: Is there a way to manually enter an > > upcoming scheduled > > > >> transaction today -- before it's scheduled date? > > > >> > > > >> Tom > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On 8/13/2025 6:56 PM, Peter West via gnucash-user > wrote: > > > >> > Without having particular knowledge about scheduled > > > transactions > > > >> myself, I would strongly recommend suggestion 1 over > > > suggestion 2. > > > >> Don’t tinker with the time and date on your computer. > > > >> > > > > >> > — > > > >> > Peter West > > > >> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>> > > > >> > `“And he was transfigured before them, and his > > face shone > > > like > > > >> the sun, and his clothes became white as light.”` > > > >> > > > > >> >> On 14 Aug 2025, at 10:50 AM, Liz > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> wrote: > > > >> >> > > > >> >> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:47:51 -0600 > > > >> >> Tom Route-36 <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > >> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>>>> > wrote: > > > >> >> > > > >> >>> Hi all, > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> I have a Scheduled Transaction setup to normally > be > > > entered a few > > > >> >>> days in the future from now. But I want to > enter it > > > today instead. > > > >> >>> How do I trigger that Scheduled Transaction to > > be entered > > > >> >>> immediately? I don't see any button or action > that > > > will do that. > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> Tom > > > >> >> > > > >> >> Two suggestions > > > >> >> 1. Change the scheduled transaction to fire "a > > few days > > > ahead". > > > >> Trigger > > > >> >> scheduled transactions to run "since last run" > or > > > exit and > > > >> restart > > > >> >> Gnucash. Check the transaction has fired and > > change > > > the schedule > > > >> >> entry to the future required date. > > > >> >> 2. Disconnect computer from the internet, alter > > the date > > > on the > > > >> >> computer. 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