I guess it depends which value means more for you. You could just as easily write a report that only shows you cleared/reconciled transactions....
-derek "Phillip Shelton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > True. > > I used to have the second account as a sub account of the first. This > meant that if you looked at the total in the account's pane you would > get the expected value. > > On the other hand others at the time I first brought this up others said > that it could be "solved" by writting a report that did the summing for > you. > > Phill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derek Atkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 26 August 2002 11:03 AM > To: Phillip Shelton > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Quick question about ofx auto-reconcile > > > The problem with this approach is that you don't get a clear idea of > the expected balance of the account. You need to sum the 'current > balance' and the 'outstanding checks' in order to know how much money > you still have to spend. > > I'm not convinced that this is the right way of keeping track of this, > but currently there isn't a better way (in Gnucash). > > -derek > > "Phillip Shelton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This is what I use a seperate account for. > > -On the 1st I enter a transaction for my cheque in my `cheque written' > account. > > -On the 10th a transaction is entered for the 5th to my `bank > account'. I point the other half of this transaction to `cheque > written'. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Working on the GUI, a came up with this little question: > > > > > > > > Suppose you just downloaded a transaction from your bank. A check > for > > > > example. > > > > -You write it on august 1st, end enter it into gnucash > > > > -The check clears on the 5th > > > > -On the tenth, you download your bank statement, and > auto-reconcile that > > > > transaction. > > > > > > > > Should the reconciled date be the 5th or the 10th? > > > > > > You did the reconciliation on the 10th, so that is the "reconciled > date." > > > > > > According to the bank, it cleared on the 5th, so that could be an > _additional_ > > > date field to associate with the transaction, but that's not a > "reconciled" > > > date. > > > > Should we add a "cleared date" field to Splits? > > > > -derek > > -- > > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-devel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > > -- > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
