[GNC] Scheduled Transactions

[lj]

I am pretty sure that does NOT work. You can change the start date for a 
scheduled transaction forward, or backwards, or change the transaction to 
non-repeating and then back to repeating... and the "last triggered" date will 
not change. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think editing the file is 
the only way to set the last triggered date to an earlier date (or to remove it).


David Carlson wrote:
> I think it may be possible to set the start date for an existing scheduled
> transaction to an arbitrary date in the past to effectively reset the clock
> on that scheduled transaction.  However, I do not have a test file handy or
> the time to pursue that theory myself.
> 
> Alternatively, one could duplicate a previously created transaction, then
> memorize that transaction.  If the original scheduled transaction contained
> formulas, the newly created scheduled transaction would have to be edited
> to insert those formulas.  While formulas can be inserted into existing
> transactions, they get evaluated instantly when the edit is committed, so
> they must be saved as scheduled transactions to remain as formulas.
> 
> One would have to remember to give the new scheduled transaction a
> distinctive name to be easily found in the list of scheduled transactions,
> since it will likely be named similarly to other existing transactions.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 8:46 PM lj <lj618 at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> bdp3 wrote:
>>> But I still don't understand HOW to rerun the SX using a date in the
>> past... My SX has many lines and deleting/re-writing it would be a hassle.
>>>       > Questions:
>>>       > How can the Scheduled be re-run for prior periods?
>>
>> The only way to do that is by editing your Gnucash data file with a text
>> editor. Not recommended unless you are confident, keep backups, etc.
>> Basically
>> you close Gnucash, uncompress (gunzip) the data file, and open it in your
>> text
>> editor. Look for your scheduled transaction by name (<sx:name>...), and
>> change
>> the date in the sx:last tag. Save the file, recompress it with gzip, and
>> reopen it in Gnucash.
>>
>> I've always thought it would be a neat feature to add: Have gnucash reset
>> the
>> last triggered date for a scheduled transaction if you change the start
>> date
>> (or something like that). No UI changes needed. It would provide a way to
>> fix
>> problems like this without affecting much else.
>>