Hi Mark,
You're my hero. I guess I'm still a newbie here. The idea of using a
variable in the template transaction never occurred to me. I wasn't
even aware of the possibility of doing that. In looking thru the
GnuCash manual for tips about scheduling , I never saw any mention there
about variables at all. (But feel free to point me to the documentation
if I missed it.)
Anyway, by plugging in a variable name in my template transactions, that
pretty much takes care of my laziness. Essentially, I just create those
8 scheduled transactions once -- with a variable name for each amount.
And then I never have to edit those schedules again. I just plug in the
correct amount whenever each transaction comes due and gets created.
Easy! That's what I was looking for.
Thanks for your help,
Tom
On 06/02/2026 12:50 PM, Mark Bourne wrote:
I don't know if it would ease the burden of editing the transactions,
but you can use variables in the template transactions and the "Since
Last Run" dialog will then prompt for the value(s) each time the
transaction is due. Where you would normally fill in debit/credit
amounts in the template transaction, instead enter a word such as
"estimate". Use the same word in both splits, and it'll prompt for
the value for "estimate" each time the transaction is due and use the
value you enter for the transaction.
That would avoid needing to go into each template transaction to edit
the amounts, at the expense of needing to manually enter the amount
each time.
Another workaround would be to schedule the transaction for every
month, and just select to skip entering the transaction in the "Since
Last Run" dialog when it comes up in the months you don't need it.
Neither of those options is perfect, more a matter of working out
what's least inconvenient ;)
Mark.
Tom Route36 wrote:
Hi Liz,
I know what you're saying as far as GnuCash handling things "under
the hood" once the transactions are setup. The reason it's a bit
annoying (at least once a year) is that I usually need to adjust the
estimated payments each year. So it would be easier to only have to
adjust 2 scheduled transactions, rather than having to edit and
update 8 of them individually every year.
As I said, it's really minor. But if anyone had come up with an easy
way to handle these kinds of irregular schedules it would be useful
to know about it. Editing 2 each year is better than editing 8.
(Hey, I'll admit I'm lazy.)
Tom
On 06/01/2026 10:00 PM, Liz wrote:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 20:51:01 -0600
Tom Route36<[email protected]> wrote:
I know this isn't a big issue. But I'm just wondering if it's
possible to combine those 8 scheduled transactions into just 2. Any
advice would be appreciated.
I don't know of any way to do that.
I would also note that once they are all scheduled it doesn't really
matter how they appear in the editor for scheduled transactions, as
Gnucash handles the rest under the hood.
I have had 12 monthly tax payments listed, 4 occurring regularly at
quarterly intervals with one set of splits, and the other 8 on the
fill in months with a second set of splits.
I made separate entries for the second group as the only way I found to
manage this in Gnucash.
It was then of no concern until I needed to cancel eight separate
entries.
Liz
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