[GNC] Scheduled transactions do not appear in the register until <enter> is pressed

Glenn Fowler gfowler1 at outlook.com
Thu Aug 11 22:24:36 EDT 2022


Ok it looks like there are 2 open tickets already:

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794584

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796948

It doesn't look like they are getting any traction...

On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 9:05 PM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> I'd go with bug: It's supposed to refresh all of the registers, see
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/41de4cefce621c214c0d6f6ff1c5ca05df8fd917/gnucash/gnome/dialog-sx-since-last-run.c#L1168
>
> You may find in your trace file one or more error messages "suspend
> counter not zero" from gnc_gui_refresh_all on a session where the SLR ran.
> That would indicate that something else that's wrapping the SLR invocation
> has also blocked gui refreshes. If that message isn't there then there's
> something going wrong in gnc_gui_refresh_internal.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On Aug 11, 2022, at 1:20 PM, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> >
> > I thought one was already opened. (but I admit I didn't search for it)
> >
> > If I recall correctly, it has to do with refreshing the register view.
> >
> > This seems to happen with registers that are left open at the last close
> and which re-open before the Since Last Run dialog fires.
> >
> > Though hitting [Enter] works to refresh, so does closing and opening the
> affected registers, as does View > Refresh. (CMD/CTRL+R)
> >
> > Other not so great options would be to close registers you have SX for
> each time you close GnuCash; (you'll end up opening them after the SX
> fires) or don't close GnuCash at all and just get in the habit of
> refreshing; (of course, then you also have to get in the habit of manually
> firing Since Last Run) or, go back to the previous SX settings which didn't
> cause this.
> >
> > As the function to refresh a register/report exists, I'm betting this
> falls more under 'enhancement' for an auto-refresh case.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 8/11/22 11:15 AM, Glenn Fowler wrote:
> >> I still consider this a bug and not a feature request since not seeing
> an
> >> up-to-date register could really throw things off.
> >> To the community and GnuCash team - should I open an issue in Bugzilla?
> >> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 12:02 PM Tom Veik <tlveik at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Replying to an old thread I found with a search.
> >>>
> >>> Using GnuCash version 4.11 on Windows 11.  I've been using GnuCash for
> a
> >>> few years and very happy with it.  I haven't seen this problem until
> >>> recently when I switched my scheduled transactions from no automatic
> >>> entry with reminders, to automatic advanced entry with no reminders.
> >>> Like Glenn, I have "run when the data file is opened" checked, and now
> I
> >>> see this same problem that the created transactions don't show up in
> the
> >>> register.  I was restarting GnuCash to see the new entries in the
> >>> register.  Appreciate the tip that pressing  <enter>  helps.
> >>>
> >>> I haven't been able to find any other resolution in my search so I
> >>> though I'd just mention what I'm seeing here.
> >
> >
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