Hi, The starting balance is computed from all the reconciled transactions "to date". It *can* be safe to ignore the starting balance if, for example, a transaction became unreconciled. For example, let's say you reconcile from some starting balance X to a final balance of $1000. Then you accidentally unreconcile a $100 transactions. If you try to re-reconcile that same statement/date/ending-balance of $1000, it won't show X as the starting balance, but something else (PROBABLY $900, but I'm not 100% sure). But that's okay -- just ensure the ending balance is correct and all the transactions that SHOULD be reconciled ARE reconciled.
There is no way to get a transaction to reconciled status (y) manually -- the only way is through a reconcile process. So if you have reconciled transactions, that must've happened through a reconcile. I would recommend you just go ahead with March, ignore the starting balance, enter the correct March ending balance, and see if the reconciliation works (ensure you re-reconcile anything from earlier that might have become unreconciled). Good Luck, -derek On Thu, September 2, 2021 12:22 pm, Paul Warthe wrote: > Derek, > Thanks for your reply. I generally try and reconcile one month at a time. > I have reconciled January and February 2021. I attempted to reconcile > March but found too many problems and left it for lack of time. Recently I > have had some time to catch up and am trying to pick up from where I left > off. One of my first problems is that my starting balance in the opening > reconciliation window at the beginning of March is off. It no longer > matches what February ended with. Another problem is that some of March > appears to be reconciled and some transactions are not (I believe these > latter ones are ones I have discovered and entered while getting caught > up.) In QuickBooks, I can undo a reconciliation and redo it from scratch, > which has been a big help in clearing up some situations. (It also means > undoing and redoing every reconciliation since the corrected one, but that > is part of the process.) Where is Gnu Cash pulling the starting balance > from in the opening window? Can it be adjusted? > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> > Sent: September 2, 2021 10:42 AM > To: Paul Warthe <warth...@gmail.com> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Redo account reconciliations > > In GnuCash, reconciliation is always "from the beginning of time".. So if > you reconcile an account at August 31, 2021, that will "force" you to > reconcile all transactions prior to that date. > > So.... It's not clear exactly what you mean by "go back and re-reconcile." > > If you unrecocile a transaction (for whatever reason) you should only need > to go in and re-reconcile the last process once more and re-select the > transactions. > > -derek > > On Thu, September 2, 2021 11:35 am, Paul Warthe wrote: >> Hello fellow gnu-cash users, >> >> >> >> I am behind on my bank reconciliations due to an inability to make >> sense of some errant entries. I think I have located them all, but >> need to go back and redo the reconciliation attempts on the last 2 >> months I attempted it on. >> I know how to do this in QuickBooks (the program we use at my office) >> but have not figured it out in Gnu Cash. Any assistance in this would >> be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> PLW >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ 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.
