On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:41:22 -0800 Jim DeLaHunt <[email protected]> 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 you start by > reconciling the earliest transactions, and move forward sequentially > in time, reconciling bit by bit. When you start a reconciliation, > GnuCash adds up all the reconciled transactions for that account, > regardless of date, and that becomes your starting balance. > > Does this help? > > Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHunt No Jim I know perfectly well how reconcile works. I have not reconciled this account ever. NO transactions are reconciled The starting balance is $1.87 I am mystified about $6,300, so I did a find for that value on the entire account tree and found nothing of that value. Liz _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
