In my previous comment I forgot to mention a second feature that will temporarily work around the need to have a value at hand for a variable is to change the status of the transaction to "Postponed". The "Postponed" status is actually persistent so you don't need to set it back to "To Create" until you have the value that you need. The biggest problem I see there is that you need to remember to run the SLR again to complete the schedule.
On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 11:21 AM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) < stan...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
