[GNC] How to Trigger Immediate Entry of a Scheduled Transaction?

[Tom Route-36]

Hi all,

I should probably clarify my question here.  I'm not looking for GnuCash 
to automatically enter a scheduled transaction for me.  What I'm hoping 
to do is to just select a scheduled transaction from my list of upcoming 
scheduled transactions -- and then click a button somewhere that will 
manually enter that one scheduled transaction into the appropriate 
register today with today's date.

In short: Is there a way to manually enter an upcoming scheduled 
transaction today -- before it's scheduled date?

Tom


On 8/13/2025 6:56 PM, Peter West via gnucash-user wrote:
> Without having particular knowledge about scheduled transactions myself, I would strongly recommend suggestion 1 over suggestion 2. Don’t tinker with the time and date on your computer.
> 
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> Peter West
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> `“And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.”`
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>> On 14 Aug 2025, at 10:50 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:47:51 -0600
>> Tom Route-36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have a Scheduled Transaction setup to normally be entered a few
>>> days in the future from now.  But I want to enter it today instead.
>>> How do I trigger that Scheduled Transaction to be entered
>>> immediately?  I don't see any button or action that will do that.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>
>> Two suggestions
>> 1. Change the scheduled transaction to fire "a few days ahead". Trigger
>>    scheduled transactions to run "since last run" or exit and restart
>>    Gnucash. Check the transaction has fired and change the schedule
>>    entry to the future required date.
>> 2. Disconnect computer from the internet, alter the date on the
>>    computer. Start Gnucash, ensure transaction is entered, then put the
>>    computer back to correct date and reconnect to internet as desired.
>>
>> Both are fudges but could deal with your problem.
>>
>> Liz
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