With all due respect, most of the issues raised by Peter are covered in some way in section 2.9.4 of the Guide, especially in the notes and warnings embedded there.
A deeper exploration of the different methods a user can implement to recover from some of these more challenging situations might appropriately fit on the wiki. David T. On May 30, 2024, 8:00 AM, at 8:00 AM, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: >On Wed, 29 May 2024 22:54:26 -0400 >NoobAlice <noobal...@airmail.cc> wrote: > >> On 2024-05-29 04:39 PM, Peter Cuthbert via gnucash-user wrote: >> >> > The dates associated with the reconciled/not reconciled flag struck >> > me as an easy way to do a roll back without using the backups. >> > Something along the lines of "if date = [specified >> > reconciliation date] then flag = n" (I have no idea what >> > language is used by the developers. ... >> > So where am I with my data? I have corrected the £10k which was >> > 'swopped' and then gone after the error schrapnel. Some of that I >> > have found and corrected but eventually I had to succumb to a >> > balancing 'fudge it' figure. With that in place the rest of the >> > reconciliation was correct to the penny. >> >> To you and anyone else facing this issue, you can run a transaction >> report that shows you a history of of the account with reconciled >> dates for every transaction. >> > >Thanks NoobAlice >that is a really useful tip > >Thanks to Peter Cuthbert we've got together some really good tips on >what happens when a reconciliation goes awry, and I hope that someone >puts a summary on the wiki. > >Liz >_______________________________________________ >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. _______________________________________________ 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.
