[GNC] Misc Newbie Questions

[Eric Coates]

Hi

My requirement is that on the first of the month all transactions due 
before the last day of the month are entered. My method does that but 
the one proposed by Bert Riding seems to be better. ("Seems" only 
because I'll need to check it against my "boring scheme of work" at 
month end. Luckily we have one of them coming up.) I knew of the "enter 
N days before due" technique but I assumed - wrongly - that the number 
of days was fixed for all transactions. Just goes to show, intuitive 
interfaces can help but reading the manual can really help.

Take care

Eric
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On 29/05/2019 15:27, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> On 5/29/19 2:16 AM, Eric Coates wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>>> 1)?????????? How can you enter a scheduled transaction before it's due date?
>>> (Used to check cash flow)
>>
>> Adrien Monteleone has given one method, I use a different one.
>>
>> Without going through my entire boring "scheme of works" for the last
>> day of the month I do want to enter all scheduled transactions for
>> thee following month (you call it "cash flow purposes", I call it
>> "fear of going into the red"). To do that I
>> (1) close GnuCash;
>> (2) set the system clock to a later date (in my case the last day of
>> the next month):
>> (3) open GnuCash, click the necessary buttons and check that all the
>> transactions have appeared (in my case in my current/checking account);
>> (4) close GnuCash;
>> (5) Reset the system date.
>>
>> I use Ubuntu and I find sometimes (not very often) the change of date
>> doesn't "take", that is why the checking is necessary.
>>
>> Different, not better
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Eric
>>
> If you always want to see them 10-15 or even 30 days in advance, just
> edit that transaction (Actions:Scheduled Transactions:Scheduled
> Transactions Editor) and click the Create in Advance checkbox on the
> Overview tab.?? Adjust the number of days as desired.
> 
> --Steve
>