I'm confident that informational stuff, and the date, are irrelevant to reconciliation. And many times, the transfer field won't matter. BUT, if the transfer field is another account subject to reconciliation, and that transaction has been reconciled in the other account (e.g. you made a literal transfer from one account to another and it's all "gone through") then you'll likely have some issues. But, if you successfully reconciled that transaction on both sides... it can't possibly need you to change the transfer account, so if what you're proposing is logically correct, then I think it should be safe too.
Reconciliation, to my perspective, is simply the process of ensuring that you and the bank agree on the transactions, and their amounts, that you both think have happened. It doesn't matter if you have different descriptions, or even dates so long as you correctly identify the two records (yours and theirs) that represent the same actual transaction. Open to being corrected, of course :) On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 9:20 AM Eric Coates via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Good Afternoon > > I fully understand that changing the Payment/Charge (on a credit card > account) or the Increase/Decrease (on a bank account) will create > difficulties with future reconciliations. > > However, is it possible to change the contents of other fields (Date, > Description and, particularly, Transfer) without causing problems? > > Thanks > > Eric > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Simon Roberts (303) 249 3613 _______________________________________________ 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.
