scheduled transactions

[Derek Atkins]

Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> writes:

>   Chris Allen <ch.allen at ozemail.com.au>,
>   In a message on Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:21:05 +1000, wrote :
>
> CA> I have recently started to use GNUCASH after several year with M$ money.
> CA> 
> CA> There is 1 feature in M$ money that I found very useful but, as yet,
> CA> cannot see how to do the same in GNUCASH.
> CA> 
> CA> I want to see the likely balance of an account (credit card or cheque
> CA> account) at some future date, given its current balance + transactions
> CA> scheduled between now and then.
> CA> 
> CA> Can any one advise hoe to do this?
>
> Yes.  GnuCash has a 'scheduled transaction' feature.  If you put in ALL
> of your scheduled transactions and make sure set things to create them
> all, you will have a projected running balance.   And GnuCash will show
> at the top of the register display the 'projected minimum balance'.  You
> will have to exit and restart GnuCash to get the scheduled transactions
> to be activated.  Make sure you have as current release installed as
> possible -- there have been problems with some releases of GnuCash WRT
> scheduled transactions.

I'm sorry, Robert, but you are confused.  The "projected balance"
does not include the SXes.  You have to actualy setup the SXes to
create in advance, and then you just have post-dated transactions.
None of the reports or projected valued take into account unposted
SXes.

-derek

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