On 2024-12-28 08:24, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user wrote: > On 12/28/2024 3:10 AM, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user wrote: >> I'll simply chime in to confirm David's reply and Richard's >> observation. The "all or nothing" approach here is counterintuitive >> and unhelpful. I've generally avoided using variable based scheduled >> transactions for this reason. It's another of GnuCash's features (like >> lots) that I've decided is better in concept than in execution. >> > To be fair to the development team, we should only expect the built in > scheduler of an application like this to handle simple, straightforward > schedules. > > The point is, an event scheduled for the 20th of each month is > straightforward/easy. But an event scheduled for third Thursday of the > month provided that is after the !6th of the month, otherwise fourth > Thursday less so,
The "create in advance" option can help with some of the more complicated scenarios. For instance, my Social Security benefits appear in my bank account on the Monday before the fourth Wednesday of the month. I schedule the transaction for the fourth Wednesday; GC can do that directly in the "on the" selection on the Frequency, though you have to scroll down the list. Then on the Overview tab I tick "Create in advance" and select 2 days. When the transaction fires, I simply click into the date field, tap the + key twice, and tap Enter. It's true that GC's Scheduled Transactions editor can't embrace every possible scenario, but it can definitely do more than might be obvious at first glance. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com/ _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
