I think No. 2 could be 'Reconcile each month' and don't let them build up. Much less of a chore if you do it once a month than try to do 12 months worth, or whatever.
On Mon, 13 Jan 2025 at 17:23, Mark at Lorimark <m...@lorimarksolutions.com> wrote: > I have had to do this from time to time when trying to reconcile > transactions and trying to reconcile accounts. I too have 'fooled > around so much' and made a mess of things. I have reconciled a whole > year's worth of transactions only to find I just butchered two accounts. > > I've adopted two principles to mitigate problems; > > 1. back-up my file before attempting a big operation like reconciliation > or importing > 2. well, there isn't a #2 > > The back-up is king. > > ~mark petryk > ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com > > On 1/13/25 11:16, Richard Danielson wrote: > > Hello, > > > > GC 5.9 on a mac mini using sonoma 14.6.1. I made a futile attempt to > > balance my cash starting with the credit line account and then going to > > cash. Used the bank statements to guide my entries. The problem was > > that there was an entry in the credit line statement which didn't show > > up on the cash statement. I fooled around so much that I had to change > > a whole month of cash entries from reconciled to not reconciled. Then I > > tried several techniques to change the cash entries to match the bank > > statement. Now I have a garbage cash list and none of the entries I > > made to fix things are not showing up in my general journal or my cash > > statement. > > > > The only thing I can see to do now is to go back to an earlier backup of > > GC and re-enter the bank statement entries and forget about the credit > > line statement. Any comments? Thanks. > > > > Rick > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
