Summary

As you saw, the Scheduled Transactions module is full of not so obvious, hidden, and undocumented features. However, once you know where to find them and how to use them, you will find that they are very powerful.

Specifically, we covered:

  • Creating a scheduled transaction from the account register: You put in a lot of effort and created a transaction in the account register. Now you can ask GnuCash to repeat it several times in the future by making it a scheduled transaction.
  • Triggering a scheduled transaction: You have already set up one or more scheduled transactions. We learned how to trigger them and what options you have.
  • Setting up several scheduled transactions in one go: We learned how to use more powerful tools in GnuCash that make it easy to set up a bunch of scheduled transactions.
  • Editing and deleting scheduled transactions: We also learned how to tweak scheduled transactions to suit our needs and delete unwanted ones.

If you have set up a lot of repetitive expense transactions to be created automatically in GnuCash, you may get the feeling that it is a great way to spend money without your intervention. There is an antidote for that feeling. Go ahead and look for ways to set up recurring revenue and income transactions. You will feel better once you have some of those up and running. Thus, the ability to set up scheduled transactions is a powerful tool in GnuCash. You can train GnuCash to take care of much of your repetitive bookkeeping work, and you don't need to buy any dog biscuits either.

Now that we've covered the basic bookkeeping aspects, we are ready to get started with business beyond basic transactions.

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