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

[David Carlson]

Tom,

Another way to get one new transaction is to use the autocomplete feature
which will clone the previous instance similar to whatever you are
currently typing.  That always matches the previous transaction, so if
there are differences in the new transaction, you would need to change them
to complete your new transaction.  There are times when one method is
better than the other.





On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM Tom Route-36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > —
> > Peter West
> > pbw at pbw.id.au
> > `“And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun,
> and his clothes became white as light.”`
> >
> >> 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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