[GNC] How to Trigger Immediate Entry of a Scheduled Transaction?
Tom Route-36
tom.route36 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 16 04:34:18 EDT 2025
Hi David,
I finally understand what you (and R Losey) are talking about. When I
looked at the list of Scheduled Transactions in the SLR I saw the three
columns labeled Transaction, Status, and Value. The Transaction column
has the scheduled date, and the Status column shows the word "Reminder"
with a down arrow/triangle to the right of the word Reminder. I kept
clicking on that down arrow/triangle and nothing happened. But thanks
to the added info from both of you I eventually tried clicking directly
on the word "Reminder" -- instead of that down arrow. And SURPRISE! I
finally saw the list of options that you and R Losey were describing.
(Hey, I wasn't kidding when I said I was new to GnuCash.)
So when I clicked on the word "Reminder", I then selected "To-Create".
And just as you and R Losey explained, the transaction gets entered into
the register. And in addition, the scheduled transaction in the list
gets updated to the next scheduled date. Perfect! That's just what I
was hoping to see.
So thanks very much to both of you. I feel embarrassed at my stupid
mistake. But I'm also a bit smarter about GnuCash now. Thanks again.
Tom
On 8/15/2025 8:20 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> Tom,
>
> I am using release 5.11 and I have seen reports here that release 5.12
> may have a flaw that may be related to this issue.
>
> However, in previous releases, when the Since Last Run assistant runs it
> produces a list of all the transactions that have been programmed for
> action at the current time. On the right side of the page is a column
> showing the proposed action for each of those transactions. Each action
> is actually a drop down list of possible actions for that transaction.
> As described in the help, there are choices such as ignore, postpone, to
> create, reminder and possibly a couple of other options. That is where
> you define what the SLR will do for that scheduled transaction when it
> is completed. When you want to create a transaction early, you change
> the action from reminder to to create. It will get whatever date was
> scheduled so you may want to change that while reviewing the new
> transactions.
>
> Normally you then get a list of all the new transactions where you can
> review the new transactions and edit any transactions that are
> incomplete or contain errors. Since I use the SLR extensively, my list
> sometimes contains 50 or more transactions and I may edit a third or
> more of them.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM Tom Route-36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com
> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> R Losey,
>
> I have "Remind in Advance" set. And yes, it will show up in the SLR
> (at
> least once it gets within the set number of reminder days). However, I
> don't know what you mean when you say that I can select "To-Create".
> There is no such button or option. Please describe in detail where I
> can find and select such an option. FYI, I'm using GnuCash v5.12 Build
> ID: 5.12+(2025-06-28).
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 8/15/2025 2:34 PM, R Losey wrote:
> > If you have "Remind in Advance", it will show up on SLR, and you can
> > select "To-Create" and it will be entered; I don't remember if
> uses the
> > scheduled date or today's date, but it is pretty easy to just
> change the
> > date manually this one time. I have an end-of-month transaction
> that can
> > be early if the 1st is a Sunday or a holiday Monday, and that's
> what I do.
> >
> > Also, the date is usually just a rough indication-- you could just
> > forget about it and live with it.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM Tom Route-36
> <tom.route36 at gmail.com <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Gyle,
> >
> > I wholeheartedly agree with you -- too many steps. Like I
> said, it's
> > not very elegant. As you also suggested, I'd also like to
> have just a
> > simple "Enter Now" button. But apparently there's not enough
> of us
> > interested in that.
> >
> > I checked Bugzilla and found Enhancement Requests for just such a
> > solution going back as far as April 2014:
> > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727513 <https://
> bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727513> <https://
> > bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=727513 <http://bugs.gnucash.org/
> show_bug.cgi?id=727513>>. If no one's made an
> > effort to add that feature in over 11 years, I guess we
> shouldn't hold
> > our breath. In the meantime, I at least have this solution
> that works
> > for me.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > On 8/14/2025 12:03 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote:
> > > Tom,
> > > Your solution works fine, but it has too many steps, it
> would be
> > ideal
> > > if you could rt-click a scheduled transaction and post with
> > today's date
> > > instead of multiple changes. The next bast option, as
> suggested by
> > > many, is to use autocomplete to enter and when the transaction
> > fires on
> > > the correct date to select ignore.
> > >
> > > Thank You,
> > >
> > > *Gyle McCollam*
> > >
> > > Gyle McCollam
> > >
> > > gmccollam at live.com <mailto:gmccollam at live.com>
> <mailto:gmccollam at live.com <mailto:gmccollam at live.com>>
> > <mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com
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> > >
> > >
> >
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> > > *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-
> > bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org
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> > > on behalf of Tom Route-36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com
> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>>>
> > > *Sent:* Thursday, August 14, 2025 3:39 AM
> > > *To:* gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-
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> > > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] How to Trigger Immediate Entry of a
> Scheduled
> > > Transaction?
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I appreciate the advice and suggestions from everyone; but
> I think I
> > > managed to come up with a solution. It's not very
> elegant, and I
> > still
> > > wish there was a simple button that would just do an Enter
> Now;
> > but this
> > > procedure I came up with does seem to work. So I thought I'd
> > explain it
> > > here in case anyone else needs to do something similar.
> > >
> > > There are several options for a Scheduled Transaction that
> can be
> > > selected: Enabled, Create automatically, Create in
> advance, and
> > Remind
> > > in advance.
> > >
> > > So I started wondering if it might be possible to move up a
> > transaction
> > > to today by going into my Scheduled Transaction list and
> simply
> > editing
> > > the transaction that I needed for today by checking the
> option box to
> > > "Create in advance", as well as selecting the proper number of
> > days in
> > > advance to make it today. Well, once I did that and saved it,
> > all I had
> > > to do was go and trigger an SLR (Since Last Run). And sure
> > enough the
> > > transaction got entered and saved in the register where I
> needed it.
> > >
> > > The only additional things I had to do was to adjust the
> transaction
> > > date in the register to give it today's date. And I also
> needed
> > to go
> > > back and re-edit the scheduled transaction by unchecking the
> > "Create in
> > > advance" option box so that the future occurrences of the
> transaction
> > > would return to their normally scheduled date.
> > >
> > > Like I said, it's not elegant. But it definitely does
> work. If
> > anyone
> > > has questions let me know; but I think I can call this problem
> > solved.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/13/2025 7:40 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> > >> 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 <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>
> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>>
> > >> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com
> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com
> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>>
> > <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>
> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au>
> <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au>>
> > <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au>
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> <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au>
> > <mailto:pbw at pbw.id.au <mailto: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 <mailto:edodd at billiau.net>
> > <mailto:edodd at billiau.net <mailto:edodd at billiau.net>>
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> > >> >>
> > >> >> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:47:51 -0600
> > >> >> Tom Route-36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com
> <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>
> > <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com <mailto:tom.route36 at gmail.com>>
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> > >> >>
> > >> >>> 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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