diff --git a/locale/de.po b/locale/de.po
index e62fd0f..711e118 100644
--- a/locale/de.po
+++ b/locale/de.po
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ msgctxt "view:cashbook.planner:"
 msgid "Booking text"
 msgstr "Buchungstext"
 
+msgctxt "view:cashbook.planner:"
+msgid "Available placeholders: ${date} ${month} ${year} ${amount} ${quantity}"
+msgstr "verfügbare Platzhalter: ${date} ${month} ${year} ${amount} ${quantity}"
+
 msgctxt "field:cashbook.planner,company:"
 msgid "Company"
 msgstr "Unternehmen"
diff --git a/locale/en.po b/locale/en.po
index 77d1b8b..3bb5c0a 100644
--- a/locale/en.po
+++ b/locale/en.po
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ msgctxt "view:cashbook.planner:"
 msgid "Booking text"
 msgstr "Booking text"
 
+msgctxt "view:cashbook.planner:"
+msgid "Available placeholders: ${date} ${month} ${year} ${amount} ${quantity}"
+msgstr "Available placeholders: ${date} ${month} ${year} ${amount} ${quantity}"
+
 msgctxt "field:cashbook.planner,company:"
 msgid "Company"
 msgstr "Company"
diff --git a/planner.py b/planner.py
index d6fbef7..441b93d 100644
--- a/planner.py
+++ b/planner.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from decimal import Decimal
 from datetime import date, timedelta
+from string import Template
 from dateutil.rrule import (
     rrule, YEARLY, MONTHLY, WEEKLY, DAILY, MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, SU)
 from trytond.model import ModelSQL, ModelView, fields, Index, DeactivableMixin
@@ -430,6 +431,60 @@ class ScheduledBooking(DeactivableMixin, ModelSQL, ModelView):
         IrDate = Pool().get('ir.date')
         return IrDate.today()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def fill_placeholder(cls, linedata):
+        """ replace placeholder in description
+
+        Args:
+            description (str): booking text of planned booking
+        allowed substitution strings:
+            ${date}, ${month}, ${year}, ${amount}, ${quantity}
+
+        Returns:
+            str: booking text
+        """
+        pool = Pool()
+        IrDate = pool.get('ir.date')
+        Cashbook = pool.get('cashbook.book')
+
+        line_date = linedata.get('date', IrDate.today())
+        amount = linedata.get('amount', None)
+        from_book = linedata.get('cashbook', None)
+        if from_book:
+            from_book = Cashbook(from_book)
+        to_book = linedata.get('booktransf', None)
+        if to_book:
+            to_book = Cashbook(to_book)
+
+        quantity_txt = '-'
+        quantity = linedata.get('quantity', None)
+        if quantity is not None:
+            uom = (
+                to_book.quantity_uom if to_book and to_book.quantity_uom
+                else from_book.quantity_uom
+                if from_book and from_book.quantity_uom else None)
+            uom_digits = (
+                to_book.quantity_digits
+                if to_book and to_book.quantity_digits is not None
+                else from_book.quantity_digits
+                if from_book and from_book.quantity_digits is not None
+                else 2)
+            if uom:
+                quantity_txt = Report.format_number_symbol(
+                    quantity, lang=None, symbol=uom, digits=uom_digits)
+            else:
+                quantity_txt = Report.format_number(
+                    quantity, lang=None, digits=uom_digits)
+
+        return Template(linedata.get('description')).safe_substitute({
+            'date': Report.format_date(line_date, lang=None),
+            'month': line_date.month,
+            'year': line_date.year,
+            'amount': Report.format_currency(
+                amount, lang=None, currency=from_book.currency)
+            if (amount is not None) and from_book else '-',
+            'quantity': quantity_txt})
+
     @classmethod
     def update_next_occurence(cls, records, query_date=None):
         """ compute date of next execution, create/update nextrun-record,
@@ -573,6 +628,7 @@ class ScheduledBooking(DeactivableMixin, ModelSQL, ModelView):
                     if record.booktransf.feature == 'asset':
                         line.update(add_asset_values(
                             line, record.cashbook, record.booktransf))
+            line['description'] = cls.fill_placeholder(line)
 
             if record.wfcheck:
                 to_create_check.append(line)
diff --git a/tests/planner.py b/tests/planner.py
index 1566e18..d507fdb 100644
--- a/tests/planner.py
+++ b/tests/planner.py
@@ -353,6 +353,23 @@ class PlannerTestCase(object):
 
         IrDate.today = MagicMock(return_value=date.today())
 
+    @with_transaction()
+    def test_planner_check_description_template(self):
+        """ check replacement of template strings in description
+        """
+        pool = Pool()
+        Planner = pool.get('cashbook.planner')
+
+        asset_book = self.prep_planner_asset_book()
+        self.assertEqual(Planner.fill_placeholder({
+            'date': date(2022, 5, 2),
+            'amount': Decimal('12.4567'),
+            'quantity': Decimal('32.4423'),
+            'cashbook': asset_book.id,
+            'description': '- ${amount} - ${date} - ${month} - ' +
+            '${year} - ${quantity}'}),
+            '- usd12.46 - 05/02/2022 - 5 - 2022 - 32.4423\xa0u')
+
     @with_transaction()
     def test_planner_cronjobs_booking_with_category(self):
         """ create job, configure booking with category, run job
@@ -397,8 +414,7 @@ class PlannerTestCase(object):
         self.assertEqual(len(job.cashbook.lines), 1)
         self.assertEqual(
             job.cashbook.lines[0].rec_name,
-            "06/01/2022|Exp|-10.00 usd|booking " +
-            "${month}/${year}, ${date} [Cat1]")
+            "06/01/2022|Exp|-10.00 usd|booking 6/2022, 06/01/2022 [Cat1]")
         self.assertEqual(job.cashbook.lines[0].state, 'check')
 
         with Transaction().set_context({'date': date(2022, 6, 1)}):
@@ -464,8 +480,8 @@ class PlannerTestCase(object):
             self.assertEqual(len(cashbook.lines), 1)
             self.assertEqual(
                 cashbook.lines[0].rec_name,
-                "06/01/2022|to|-10.00 usd|booking ${month}/${year}, " +
-                "${date} [Book 2 | 10.00 usd | Open]")
+                "06/01/2022|to|-10.00 usd|booking 6/2022, 06/01/2022 " +
+                "[Book 2 | 10.00 usd | Open]")
             self.assertEqual(cashbook.lines[0].state, 'check')
 
             target_book, = Cashbook.browse([job.booktransf])
@@ -473,8 +489,8 @@ class PlannerTestCase(object):
             self.assertEqual(len(target_book.lines), 1)
             self.assertEqual(
                 target_book.lines[0].rec_name,
-                "06/01/2022|from|10.00 usd|booking ${month}/${year}, " +
-                "${date} [Book 1 | -10.00 usd | Open]")
+                "06/01/2022|from|10.00 usd|booking 6/2022, 06/01/2022 " +
+                "[Book 1 | -10.00 usd | Open]")
             self.assertEqual(target_book.lines[0].state, 'check')
         self.assertEqual(target_book.lines[0].state, 'check')
 
@@ -775,12 +791,4 @@ class PlannerTestCase(object):
 
         IrDate.today = MagicMock(return_value=date.today())
 
-    @with_transaction()
-    def test_planner_cronjobs_booking_transfer_asset_eur_usd2(self):
-        """ create job, configure transfer-booking to asset-cashbook,
-            from euro to usd,
-            asset-unit = u, cashbook-unit = 10x u
-        """
-        raise ValueError('stop')
-
 # end PlannerTestCase
diff --git a/view/planner_form.xml b/view/planner_form.xml
index cc1ebbc..455520c 100644
--- a/view/planner_form.xml
+++ b/view/planner_form.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ full copyright notices and license terms. -->
 
             <separator name="subject" colspan="4" string="Booking text"/>
             <field name="subject" colspan="4"/>
+            <label id="lab1" colspan="4" xalign="0.0"
+                string="Available placeholders: ${date} ${month} ${year} ${amount} ${quantity}"/>
         </page>
         <page name="description" col="1" string="Description">
             <field name="description"/>