Wow! Thanks-a-bunch for the help, Derek! That got me the "reset" that I was looking for. Much appreciated.
Brock On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 11:30 AM Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > It is unlikely that importing will have caused a reconcile issue, but > copying transactions out of the older account certainly could be. > > I suggest you open the (new) checking account, go to View -> Filter by.. > -> Status and then uncheck everything but "reconciled". This will show > you all the reconciled splits/transactions in the checking account, and > you can use that to "start over". > > -derek > > On Tue, March 1, 2022 11:24 am, Brock Rycenga wrote: > > Thank-you for the reply, Derek. Here are some better details. > > > > 1. I had problems with my checking account - probably because I added > > other accounts that fed into/out of that account after I had already > > reconciled the checking account. > > > > 2. At that point, after researching, I felt it best to "re-do" my > > checking account. The reconciliation process was hosed, and I felt the > > only option was to start over. To do that (and maybe this is the next > > part of my problem), I renamed the checking account (e.g., from > > "Checking Account" to "Ooops Checking Account). > > > > 3. I then added a new checking account with the same name as before. > > > > 4. I then imported 1.5 years worth of transactions. > > > > 5. After importing I replaced all payroll transactions with split > > transactions that I copied from the old account ("Ooops Checking > > Account"). Could this be part of my problem? > > > > 6. After doing all that, and after successfully reconciling all other > > accounts, I attempted to do my first reconcile on the checking account > > (for the first block of transactions). Unfortunately, that reconcile > > wizard came up with -54,257.19 for a starting balance. Ugh! Doomed > > again! > > > > > > Brock > > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 10:18 AM Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> HI, > >> > >> On Tue, March 1, 2022 10:05 am, Brock Rycenga wrote: > >> > Someone please tell me there is a way to "reset" the reconcile record > >> > for an account. There has to be a way. I am on my 2nd attempt at > >> > rebuilding all of my accounts and their corresponding transactions. I > >> > have successfully reconciled all but my final checking account. > >> > Unfortunately, as soon as I started the first reconcile, it showed an > >> > enormous negative starting balance. Why? Where is this coming from? > >> > >> The reconciled balance is computed from the account at run-time, which > >> means you must have some reconciled transactions in the account. > >> > >> > Why can't I just reset everything for that account - without deleting > >> > and re-entering all the transactions? > >> > >> There is no single button to push to unreconcile, but you can go into > >> the > >> account register, find all the reconciled transactions, and then click > >> on > >> the 'y' to unreconcile them. Unfortunately you must do this > >> one-at-a-time. > >> > >> > I realize this has been discussed often, but I cannot find anything > >> > that offers a solution. Only the response that the user is doing > >> > something wrong, and to not do things wrong. > >> > > >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >> > > >> > Thanks! > >> > >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >> > >> -derek > >> > >> -- > >> Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > >> [email protected] www.ihtfp.com > >> Computer and Internet Security Consultant > >> > > > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > [email protected] www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > _______________________________________________ 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.
