Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-22 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Liz, I know you've solved the mystery already, but I noticed in your screenshot that the Status Bar shows 'Cleared' and 'Reconciled' amounts. To anyone stumbling on this same issue, those can serve as visual flags that something is amiss if you've never reconciled that account. Regards, Adri

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-22 Thread David Carlson
22 00:51:01 EST 2020 > To: GnuCash List > Cc: Gnucash Users > Subject: Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance > > Liz > > I would suggest copying that entire message into a bug report. Especially > be sure to include that you had said "Do not tell me again this session >

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-22 Thread D. via gnucash-user
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710902 already covers this issue exactly. Original Message From: David Carlson Sent: Sun Nov 22 00:51:01 EST 2020 To: GnuCash List Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance Liz I would suggest copying that entire

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread Liz
On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:51:01 -0600 David Carlson wrote: > Liz > > I would suggest copying that entire message into a bug report. > Especially be sure to include that you had said "Do not tell me again > this session that I am changing a > reconciled transaction" as that may be the key to the puz

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread David Carlson
Liz I would suggest copying that entire message into a bug report. Especially be sure to include that you had said "Do not tell me again this session that I am changing a reconciled transaction" as that may be the key to the puzzle. The developers can figure out which details don't matter and whi

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread Liz
On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 17:30:08 -0600 David Carlson wrote: > Liz: > > If I understand correctly, at some point intentionally or > unintentionally you were able to move a previously reconciled > transaction from one account to a different account without changing > the reconciliation status. I just

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread David Carlson
Liz: If I understand correctly, at some point intentionally or unintentionally you were able to move a previously reconciled transaction from one account to a different account without changing the reconciliation status. I just tried that in release 3.8 and I received a warning that the reconcili

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread David Carlson
Thanks! On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 12:08 PM Derek Atkins wrote: > GUID > > -derek > Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. > > > > On November 21, 2020 1:02:40 PM David Carlson > > wrote: > > > I know that GnuCash uses an internal thing that you must be calling > > *identity* rather t

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread David Carlson
I know that GnuCash uses an internal thing that you must be calling *identity* rather the text string that appears in the display, but I couldn't remember what GnuCash called it. On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:42 AM Fred Bone wrote: > On 20 November 2020 at 22:09, David Carlson said: > > > As I s

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread Fred Bone
On 20 November 2020 at 22:09, David Carlson said: > As I started to suggest in my previous email, if a given split line > contains a 'Y' reconcile status, that implies that the transaction split > line passed a reconciliation process for that account on a certain date > recorded within the data fi

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-21 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 11/20/20 6:23 PM, Liz wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:58:38 -0800 "Stephen M. Butler" wrote: Try to reconcile another account that has never been reconciled.  If that comes up with a non-zero number then create a new account and attempt to reconcile with no entries.  If that comes up with a n

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread David Carlson
hen asked to reconcile January 2014, the starting balance would > include the reconciled 2020 transactions. This is strange, but known, > behavior of the reconcile functions in GnuCash. > > David T. > > > Original Message > From: Liz > Sent: Fri Nov 20

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread D. via gnucash-user
2020 transactions.  This is strange, but known, behavior of the reconcile functions in GnuCash. David T. Original Message From: Liz Sent: Fri Nov 20 21:23:18 EST 2020 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:58:38 -0800 "

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread David Carlson
I think that reconcile flags, especially the 'Y' flag indicating that the transaction split line passed the reconcile assistant, should be cancelled if the account name in that split line is changed. I have noticed some suspicious anomalies in this regard in the past, but I did not perform a rigoro

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Liz
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 17:58:38 -0800 "Stephen M. Butler" wrote: > Try to reconcile another account that has never been reconciled.  If > that comes up with a non-zero number then create a new account and > attempt to reconcile with no entries.  If that comes up with a > non-zero amount then you h

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Stephen M. Butler
On 11/20/20 4:49 PM, Liz wrote: On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:41:22 -0800 Jim DeLaHunt wrote: Hello, Liz: Are any of the transactions in that account reconciled? Do you have a "starting balance" transaction in that account, perhaps created when you created the account? The reconciliation model for

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Liz
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:50:06 -0600 (CST) David Cousens wrote: > Liz, > > That would seem to imply that some transactions have been marked as > reconciled somewhere in the account history, not necessarily a single > transaction for $6300. One possible suggestion, have you cleared all > filters t

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Liz
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:50:06 -0600 (CST) David Cousens wrote: > Liz, > > That would seem to imply that some transactions have been marked as > reconciled somewhere in the account history, not necessarily a single > transaction for $6300. One possible suggestion, have you cleared all > filters t

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread David Cousens
Liz, That would seem to imply that some transactions have been marked as reconciled somewhere in the account history, not necessarily a single transaction for $6300. One possible suggestion, have you cleared all filters that might restrict the date range displayed for the account? There may be so

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Liz
On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:41:22 -0800 Jim DeLaHunt wrote: > Hello, Liz: > > Are any of the transactions in that account reconciled? Do you have a > "starting balance" transaction in that account, perhaps created when > you created the account? > > The reconciliation model for GnuCash assumes that

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Liz
On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 11:32:39 +1100 Liz wrote: > I was trying to reconcile an account for the first time since I > created it. > > The reconcile dialogue says it has a starting balance of $6,300. > I have no idea from where this starting balance has come. The first > entry is $1.87. > > I can't

Re: [GNC] Wrong starting balance

2020-11-20 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
On 2020-11-20 16:32, Liz wrote: I was trying to reconcile an account for the first time since I created it. The reconcile dialogue says it has a starting balance of $6,300. I have no idea from where this starting balance has come. The first entry is $1.87. I can't find any entry in any account