Tom, Oh, yeah, I didn't compare your request to my enhancement request carefully enough. In any event, I settled on creating a spreadsheet that essentially does the same thing as the scheduled transactions, but with the extra date work that I want. The formulas are essentially unlimited in the sense that I'm using a full spreadsheet, so that includes text. The spreadsheet creates multi-split journal entries, so I just export to CSV, and my GnuCash import is basically a few clicks, as I use the saved settings for the GnuCash import. I've standardized my imports so many imports are covered by a single import template. One motivation for going the spreadsheet with multi-split CSV import route is that I'm able to automate some excellent notes and memos. This has cut back on my data entry load overall while producing standardized notes and memos (as noted above, using text tools in the spreadsheet). Also there are various other tools that could be used to accomplish this workflow strategy. While I have crafted a few different spreadsheets for various situations, I began with some monthly bills, and at the beginning I just clicked in the amounts. Then I started filtering by dates, over the last couple of years (I didn't realize it'd been that long), I shifted away from using the scheduled transactions entirely.
> On 03/31/2026 11:19 PM PDT Tom Route36 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Patrick, > > Thanks for your suggestion and pointing me to that Bugzilla enhancement > request. Unfortunately, I think our situations are opposites of each other. > In your case, it seems like you're wanting a way of entering a transaction > immediately when the scheduled date of that transaction is sometime in the > future. Basically, when you do an SLR (Since Last Run), you don't even see > the wanted transaction in the list because you're not yet close enough to its > scheduled date. At least that's what I think your situation is. > > In my case, when I do an SLR I actually have *too many* transactions in the > list because I'm *past* all their scheduled dates. And what I end up having > to do is to change the status of all those extra transactions from > "To-Create" to "Reminder". That way only the *one* transaction that I want > has a "To-Create" status -- and only that *one* transaction gets created. > > The annoying part for me is that when I do an SLR in that kind of situation, > I have to change the status of all those extra transactions one-by-one so > that only the one transaction I need gets created. > > Interestingly enough, even though our situations seem to be opposites of each > other, that one enhancement request you made (Bugzilla # 799314) would > actually solve the issue for both of us. If the Scheduled Transaction Editor > had a "Enter Now" button on top (in addition to the "Edit" button that's > already there), we could just use that to enter the one transaction we want > immediately, regardless of the current date or the dates of the other > transactions in the list. > > The discouraging part is that your enhancement requests were made back in May > 2024. Maybe this kind of mod is either really hard to implement, or there's > just not enough interest in it. I'd be curious to know if any other folks > out there see a need (or at least the usefulness) of having an "Enter Now" > function on the Scheduled Transaction page. > > Tom > > > On 3/31/2026 6:21 PM, Patrick James via gnucash-user wrote: > > > > > Tom, > > > > I made this suggestion here: > > > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799314 > > > > In that enhancement request I wrote, "My current process is changing the > > number of days to enter the transaction in advance, running SLR, and then > > resetting the days in advance. If implemented, this enhancement would > > automate the process." > > > > > > > > > > On 03/31/2026 4:10 PM PDT Tom Route36 <[email protected]> > > > mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Let me start by saying this is an admittedly minor usability annoyance > > > -- not even an "issue". But I'm going to just throw it out here in case > > > anyone else might have an easy workaround for it. Here's the scenario. > > > > > > I get to a point where I have a fairly large number of scheduled > > > transactions due or overdue. And I want to enter just *one* of those > > > many transactions. Currently, what I have to do is select Actions -> > > > Scheduled Transactions -> Since Last Run..., which opens up that large > > > list of scheduled transactions. And most of those scheduled > > > transactions there have a status of "To-Create". But since I only want > > > to enter *one* of those transactions, I have to go thru that long list > > > and change each status from "To-Create" to "Reminder" -- all except for > > > the one that I actually want to create. > > > > > > Let me point out that I know I can enter the transaction manually, > > > possibly by duplicating the previous instance of the transaction. But by > > > doing that I would screw up the entry for that transaction in my full > > > list of Scheduled Transactions. That is, the Last Occur and Next Occur > > > dates for that scheduled transaction would now be wrong. > > > > > > So here's my question. Is there a way to create just that *one* > > > scheduled transaction that I want without having to go thru that whole > > > long list of the other transactions to change each of their statuses to > > > "Reminder"? And keep in mind that I want the Last Occur and Next Occur > > > dates to get updated correctly in my full list of Scheduled > > > Transactions. Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome here. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > > 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. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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. 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