[GNC] Entering A Scheduled Transaction Early

[David Carlson]

Jack,

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On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 4:56 PM Jack Frillman <jcf_m_lists at me.com> wrote:

> I understand.
>
> In the program I switched from using there is an option to commit a future
> scheduled transaction immediately without making any adjustments to the
> calendar. Based on the responses it doesn't look like it can be done that
> easily with GNUCash. Which is okay. I'm just inquiring if its possible or
> not because I didn't see an obvious way of doing it.
>
> As for your suggestion of volunteering to work on the project I may be
> interested in doing that when I complete my current project in next month.
>
> I have been looking for a code writing project since retiring.
> What's involved in getting set up?
>
>
>
>
> On 4/4/21 12:49 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> Jack,
>
> You are not the first user that believes the Scheduled Transaction
> workflow could be improved.  Over the years there have been suggestions for
> minor improvements to reduce the average number of keystrokes to implement
> each transaction to radical changes to the entire process.
>
> The existing process works.  If it ain't broke....
>
> There has been no significant change in the last decade, so we are waiting
> for a volunteer to step up with a good idea and the time to devote to the
> project.
>
> If you have some time...
>
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 11:26 AM Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> > On 4 Apr 2021, at 15:30, Jack Frillman via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > That's not what I was trying to do.
>>
>> Is this scheduled transaction (Sx) the first of a series (A), or is it
>> part of an existing series which is to be paid earlier than normal? (B)
>>
>> If (A): create the Sx with the early start date, and adjust the Sx after
>> that date has past.
>>
>> If (B): duplicate last month’s (already created) transaction, and put in
>> the desired date. Adjust the Sx so that its first payment will be next
>> month.
>>
>> If neither (A) nor (B) please explain what you are trying to do.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael
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