Got it. Thanks for the specifics.
Cheers, Brook > On Jan 19, 2025, at 12:46, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > >> On Jan 19, 2025, at 10:57, Brook Milligan <br...@nmsu.edu> wrote: >> >> Thanks, John. For the benefit of me and everyone else, let me make sure I >> get this correct as a procedure to follow. See questions below. >> >>> On Jan 18, 2025, at 21:20, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>> >>> There is no reconcile start date. There’s a statement date and that sets >>> the *default* ending balance for the reconcile and gets saved as the >>> “reconcile date” on each reconciled split. There’s also a starting balance >>> that is the balance of all of the reconciled splits in the account. >> >> The starting balance is dynamically calculated as the sum of all reconciled >> splits in the account up until the “reconcile date”? Is that all correct? >> >>> The reconcile window won’t let you complete a reconcile if the modified >>> reconciled balance in the reconcile window doesn’t match the number you’ >>> entered in the reconcile information dialog. >>> >>> You can unreconcile splits by clicking the r in the column between account >>> and debit (or amount if it’s a non-currency commodity register). If you >>> haven’t quite gotten your head around debit and credit, the debit column is >>> the left of the two value columns. >> >> If I “unreconcile” a split, then the starting balance for reconciliation >> would necessarily change (decrease) right? >> >>> So if you have a few splits from a past reconciliation whose errors net >>> out, you can note the reconciled balance, unreconcile the erroneous splits, >>> tell the reconcile info that the ending balance is the one that you noted >>> before changing the splits, then edit and re-reconcile the splits with the >>> correct values. >>> >>> But if the errors don’t net out and the balance you reconciled to the first >>> time is wrong you need to unreconcile every split back to that statement >>> and re-reconcile all of the statements in order. >> >> To be clear: (i) unreconcile back until just after the last transaction that >> was correctly reconciled. If what I suggested above is correct, this alone >> will reset the reconciliation status back to the last correct >> reconciliation. (ii) Start reconciling from statements after the last >> correctly reconciled one; this can be done in the normal way as it was the >> first time through (but getting it right :). >> >> Is that all correct? > > Almost. The starting balance is the net of all reconciled splits in the > account regardless of date. That’s why you have to unreconcile everything > back to the last untainted transaction. You have the procedure correct. > > Regards, > John Ralls _______________________________________________ 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.
