[GNC] Scheduled transaction for end of the day - bank interest

Sat Aug 2 00:32:24 EDT 2025

On 8/1/25 20:38, G R Hewitt wrote:
> I tend to agree with your sentiment.
>
> I have been following the thread with interest (no pun intended), and all
> the convoluted processes suggested are all well and good, but the simplest
> and easiest thing to do
> would be to input the transaction(s) manually the next day after month end,
> making sure you get the dates right - it is just once a month after all.

I essentially dupe the transaction from the month before -- well, until 
the matching transaction list came along.  Now I just type in "Interest" 
and last month's transaction pops into place.  I just tab over to change 
the amounts.  It already knows the account involved. If my 
reconciliation is off by a few pennies, that is the first thing I 
check--did I get the most recent interest posted?

I do reconcile about weekly rather than monthly.  I'm always logging 
into the bank account to pay something or check what outstanding item 
cleared.  Makes it relatively easy to catch a missing interest transaction.

> If you really need to be reminded, then a calendar program with settable
> reminders into the future could be used. Keep it simple comes to mind.
>
> GH
>
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 21:59, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
>
>> Hmmm... I am interested in understanding  what is to be gained from
>> scheduling up interest payment transaction - in some cases date will show
>> up incorrect if bank pays on the prior business day should last day fall on
>> weekend, and you most certainly are going to update the amount for the
>> interest as it will be hard to get it right  ahead of being posted at the
>> bank. IMHO, that should be done manually when account is being reconciled.
>> Besides, it is very trivial to recall a transaction with few characters in
>> the register makes it simple to enter at a moment's notice.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2025 1:48 PM
>> To: Liz <edodd at billiau.net>
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Scheduled transaction for end of the day - bank interest
>>
>> I'd like to push back just a little... you CAN pick and choose which
>> entries get executed in scheduled transactions -- though in some earlier
>> releases it wasn't clear the Status field was changeable, so it might be
>> little surprise you didn't know...
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:34:39 +0000
>>> Alex Sims <alex at softgrow.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It’s the last day of the month and I’ve having the regular monthly
>>>> difficulty with scheduled transactions. My bank will credit interest
>>>> to my account at the end of the day, e.g. midnight tonight and it
>>>> will show on the bank statement with a date of 31 July 2025.
>>> I offer this suggestion.
>>> Enter your scheduled transaction as 'enabled" but do not create
>>> automatically (Screenshot 1) When you open Gnucash on the day you get
>>> a "since last run" notice.
>>> (Screenshot 2)
>>>
>>> On this child window "since last run" you either create or defer the
>>> entries.
>>> Click "cancel" to defer the entries. You can't pick and choose, this
>>> is all or none.
>>>
>> You CAN pick and choose which ones: Each item will allow you to change its
>> Status field to "Ignored," "Postponed," "To-Create," or "Reminder."
>>
>> o Reminder is what you see when you have a transaction to be created in
>> the future but you haven't reached the relevant date yet. (Though you can
>> always change it "back" from "To-Create" if it's ready to activate).
>>
>> o Postponed will "hold" the transaction so it will never automatically
>> create the transaction.
>>
>> o Ignored will skip the creation of the transaction for this regular
>> iteration.
>>
>> I'm using GnuCash 5.12, but these options have been available for quite a
>> few years, though there didn't used to be any "decoration" to show they're
>> changeable. Now the options have a "v" next to them to indicate a pop-up
>> menu.
>>
>> The Since Last Run dialog was further updated a few releases ago to
>> improve the prompts when you insert actual values into created
>> transactions. (Just enter one or more variables, such as the word "amount"
>> or "int" into the numeric field(s) in the scheduled transaction, and the
>> Since Last Run dialog will prompt you to enter the amount(s) to be inserted
>> in the transaction. Yes, you can do some math using the variables, too, so
>> the created transaction can contain calculated results.)
>>
>>
>>> When the 1st comes and you have your interest data you choose "Review
>>> created transactions" and then "OK".
>>>
>>> Now you have the search window display ready for you to edit all your
>>> interest entries.
>>>
>>> Liz
>>>
>>
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