I tried the suggestion to no avail. So if I understand this correctly, there no remedy to recover from user error in the Reconcile function???? Hmmmmm Machine restricts user. Something out of whack with that IMHO. Humans are imperfect and will make mistakes. Shouldn't the software be robust enough to handle something like this?
-----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user [mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+c.pagan=sbcglobal....@gnucash.org] On Behalf Of Carmelo Pagan Sent: Monday, December 11, 2017 12:43 AM To: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: Cannot edit opening balance Thank you Mr. Ralls. I will give it a try Sincerely , Carmelo Pagán > On Dec 10, 2017, at 6:02 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > >> On Dec 10, 2017, at 2:01 PM, Carmelo Pagán <c.pa...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> Hello All, >> >> >> >> I’ve been trying to reconcile my Checking account, but I’m running >> into a problem. The reconcile window displays a negative amount as >> the opening balance. I didn’t enter an opening balance when creating >> the account. After obtaining my bank’s statement and gathering the >> open balance as stated. I went to enter an opening balance in the” >> Equity:Opening Balances” account and it accepted the entry just fine. >> I then checked the opening balance in my checking account and it >> displayed the opening balance as I entered in the equity account. >> When I go to reconcile the Checking account, the reconcile window >> displays my opening balance as a different amount than the one I >> entered, and there is no option (that I can find, and yes I did RTFM)to >> alter the opening Balance. >> >> >> >> Why doesn’t a user have the option to correct an opening balance in >> the reconcile window? This issues messes up every reconcile operation >> that follows. I hope you (the community) can help > > Could you clarify what you mean? The Reconcile Window (in English, anyway) > doesn't use the term "Opening Balance". It has "Starting Balance", "Ending > Balance", and "Reconciled Balance". The first is the balance of reconciled > transactions (including the account's opening balance *if that has been > reconciled*) at the beginning of the reconcile session, the second is the > balance that you entered in the little dialog box at the beginning of the > process; you should have entered the ending balance from your bank statement > in there, and the third starts off the same as starting balance and adjusts > as you mark new transactions reconciled in the reconcile window. When it > matches the ending balance the green Finished button lights up and you're > done. > > The starting balance can't be edited because it's calculated from what you've > already reconciled in the account. > > If this is your very first time reconciling this account the starting balance > should be 0 as there shouldn't be any reconciled transactions yet. If it's a > negative number that suggests that you might have reconciled some > transactions before creating the opening balance transaction; since it's not > reconciled yet it's not included in the starting balance. If that's the only > problem and you reconcile it--and only it--in the reconcile window the > reconciled balance should match the starting balance on your statement. > > Regards, > John Ralls > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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 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.
