[GNC] How to setup a Scheduled Transaction for full current Credit Card Balance?

[Adrien Monteleone]

If this is the issue, I think I understand it now.

Back in the late 90s, I flirted with Quicken for about 6 months. I 
recall a graph on the main screen that showed predicted cash levels 
based on the income & expenses I scheduled for regular entry. (the 
actual entries would be triggered on the scheduled date, and could be 
edited before committing) I agree, this was neat and I miss this 
at-a-glance feature in GnuCash.

Best I can determine, other than posted-in-advance transactions, (not 
merely scheduled) the closest one can get to this (without a graph) is 
the Budget module, which is quite a bit more cumbersome than the Quicken 
implementation, and not so at-a-glance. (it also doesn't auto update 
with scheduled transactions, any change there is manual)

Having a report/graph I can place on my 'dashboard' (multi-column 
report) tab showing this info and taking into account scheduled 
transactions, would be a welcome feature. If this is limited just to 
credit card accounts, that would be disappointing.

Regards,
Adrien

On 12/2/25 2:19 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> This was what I was proposing with the reconcile/pay process.
> 
> Quicken apparently predicts how much money a user plans to spend and 
> tells you what it thinks you are going to owe based on the scheduled 
> (i.e., hypothetical) transaction. GnuCash, however, follows a more 
> traditional accounting path and only tells you about transactions (past, 
> present and future) that you have entered into the books.
> 
> Personally, I don't need that Quicken-type of prediction; if I need to 
> project my accounts in the future, I will create the necessary 
> transactions (past, present and future) to allow me to adjudge the 
> financial status. It might be in the OP's best interest to look at some 
> of these other suggestions to achieve their goal, albeit in a different 
> manner than Quicken's.