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

[Derek Atkins]

Yes, there is a C function to do that. The issue is there is no way to 
reference that function from the SX.
-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
On December 2, 2025 20:12:41 Tom Route36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Derek,
>
> I know you're saying that there's no "current_balance()" function; but
> there must be something equivalent to that.  I haven't looked into the
> GnuCash code yet (although I hope to do so eventually); but what
> function in the code gets called to display the account balances on the
> Accounts tab, as well as in the Balance Sheet reports?  There has to be
> some function there to pull up those numbers.  Does anyone know how
> that's being implemented?
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 12/2/2025 2:22 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Unfortunately there is no "current_balance()" function to show you the
>> current balance of an account for an SX.  Therefore, there is no way to
>> actually encode the SX to get what you want.  The best you could do is
>> just use a variable, so it would prompt you for the balance when the
>> transaction gets input/executed.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> On Tue, December 2, 2025 4:13 pm, Tom Route36 wrote:
>>> Hi Maf,
>>>
>>> I think you understand what it is I'm talking about here.  It's
>>> basically just REMINDERS.  Whenever I create a Scheduled Transaction I
>>> always leave the Create Automatically option UNCHECKED. Regardless of
>>> whether it's Quicken's Bill Reminders or GnuCash's Scheduled
>>> Transactions, I never let the software automatically enter any
>>> transaction for me.  What Quicken had -- and what I'd hope to see in
>>> GnuCash -- is the ability to look at an account (mainly my Checking
>>> account) and see what upcoming payments will need to be made FROM THAT
>>> ACCOUNT.  Essentially, I just want to look at my Checking account and
>>> see a list of upcoming Due Dates, Payees, and Amounts Due.  That's it.
>>> It's not that complicated.  And it IS very useful.
>>>
>>> And just for clarification, the Amount Due in that list would simply be
>>> whatever the current balance is for each Payee account -- i.e., what
>>> I've entered into the Payee account register so far as of the current
>>> date.  It's NOT any projection or estimate of future transactions.  So
>>> it doesn't seem like this would overload the Scheduled Transactions code.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/2/2025 3:54 AM, Maf. King wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 2 December 2025 09:58:46 GMT Tom Route36 wrote:
>>>>>    And it's the key piece of
>>>>> information that's not available for Scheduled Transactions in GnuCash.
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>> I'm arriving late to this party....
>>>>
>>>> but..... if such a "balance at date" variable existed....
>>>>
>>>> The sx would fire on schedule, create the transaction using the formula
>>>> and the
>>>> transaction wouldn't update live as you describe enjoying.
>>>>
>>>>> But the Bill Reminders in Quicken are much more
>>>>> user-friendly and keep the amounts up-to-date in real time; whereas the
>>>>> amounts for Scheduled Transactions in GnuCash are static and don't show
>>>>> a true picture of what will be due to each payee as the due date
>>>>> approaches.
>>>> So, you're really asking for "reminder transactions" which contain a
>>>> live
>>>> variable (not a fixed number) to be added to GC register code to match
>>>> what
>>>> quicken does.  (I admit, does sound useful!)
>>>>
>>>> The SX sub-system is more an "automation macro" for creating regular,
>>>> repetitive transactions - once created, txns in the registers don't
>>>> change,
>>>> regardless if that's one you manually enter or one the Sx system adds
>>>> in.
>>>>
>>>> Just get the idea that you're trying to overload something new onto the
>>>> Sx
>>>> that won't quite scratch your itch!
>>>>
>>>> 0.02
>>>> Maf.
>>>>
>>>>
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