Jeffrey, Any entries in the Imbalance or Orphan accounts, they really need to be fixed. Their purpose is simply to highlight transactions which didn't have a transfer account either when created or through some form of editing or where an account has been deleted without deleting the transactions to it or transferring them to another account.
If the previously reconciled balances are off, then somehow you have created transactions either before or in the period that was previously reconciled. This can happen sometimes when you enter a date incorrectly, e.g entering a 4 digit year as GnuCash only recognises a 2 digit year in the register entry. Selecting the wrong account when entering a transaction is another possibility. Incorrectly entered transacactions are unlikely to be reconciled. Initally ignoring the ending balance and then opening the reconcile window and look for transactions which are before the reconcile period which should occur at the top of the window. The default ordring is usually ascending date order. Another possibility is you may have edited transactions going to this account and changed the account to another account accidentally removing transactions which should have gone to this account. The value of the ending balance may give you some clue as to which of the above is likely. If you find any transactions which are incorrect, you can double click on them in this window to open them in the account register and correct them. They should then disappear from the reconciliation window or at least appear at a correct date position in that window. Once you can get the starting balance and ending balances to agree you can finish the reconciliation normally Another strategy is to go back to the last previously reconciled period where you have agreement with the starting and ending balances and reconcile forward fixing errors as you go. This is more time consuming but can be a method of last resort. Adding transactions to the Imbalance account is not an advisable strategy to fix a reconciliation. It just means you have introduced one more error to fix existing errors. If you import data for two accountssay for a cheque account and a credit card where there are transactions between them, i.e you pay off the credit card check the importer hasn't created a transaction twice, once when you import the check account and again when you import the credit card data. The importer should match transactions corresponding to those originating from the first import when you perform the second import and flag them not to be imported second time around. Good luck David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
