On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 6:12 PM Tom Route36 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > ... > 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"? > I just saw this (behind on my list reading!) It sounds like you use scheduled transactions as heavily as I do -- out of curiosity I just counted, and I have 113. (Not all are still ACTIVE, so it's time to purge a few.) I think you and I have had the same issue -- I pull up GnuCash to do something "quick" and I have a set of actions that need to happen FIRST, or the transactions depend on another person in the household, so for years I usually have gone through and changed the 'not ready for prime time' transactions to "Reminder." Unfortunately sometimes there are so many transactions pending, I might miss one, or I accidentally click OK by mistake, so one (or a bunch) get created when I'm not ready to process them. One radical way to recover from a "premature e-transaction situation" ;-) is to quit without saving and restart GnuCash. (This is possible using the "traditional" XML data file and maybe not using the SQL datafile or database backstore.) For some scheduled transactions I have started using the "Postponed" status. This works exactly as you would hope ... the "Since Last Run" dialog comes up with those transactions still available, but will not progress until you change their status to "To-Create." That way you can easily work your way through them as you (or your household) is ready. Hope that helps. P.S.: I know some of us use Scheduled Transactions extensively. We could probably beef up the FAQ and/or wiki by describing many more different ways folks can use them. The wiki page is surprisingly short, in my opinion, and the examples ignore "basic" usage, jumping directly to "advanced." https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Scheduled_Transactions > ----- > 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
