Correct, you need a 0 ending balance.  But the starting balance is
irrelevant.
Why can't you re-reconcile with the last statement?
-derek

On Thu, February 2, 2023 4:40 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
> It looks like the FINISH button only is active if there is zero
> difference.
> I will have to wait for the next statement in order to reconcile and get a
> zero difference.
>
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 10:21 AM
> To: Xe Roy <[email protected]>
> Cc: Phyllis Bruce <[email protected]>; Derek Atkins <[email protected]>;
> [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field
>
> Did you set the correct ending balance?
>
> -derek
>
> On Thu, February 2, 2023 2:13 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
>> I tried reconcile again per derek suggestion.
>> I set the date to the same date as before.
>> I clicked the two transactions that need to be reconciled.
>> I clicked RECONCILE SELECTION but the FINISH button is grayed preventing
>> this process to complete.
>>
>>
>> Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Phyllis Bruce <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 9:32 AM
>> To: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Xe Roy <[email protected]>; [email protected]
>> <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field
>>
>> Derek, I like your solution best.  I've made the mistake of reconciling
>> to
>> the balance in my account without waiting for the statement.  It really
>> took some head scratching to figure how to correct it later when I did
>> receive the statement.  But can you change either the date or the ending
>> balance?  In my case, I had an ending balance that was different on the
>> official statement.  Hope that's not too convoluted to be understood.
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM Derek Atkins
>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, February 2, 2023 1:14 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
>>> I am new user who made a mistake in a previous reconcile.
>>> To correct the mistake, I need to change 2 transactions from n to y in
>>> the
>>> reconcile field.
>>> I see that is not possible via the program, so do I have to edit the
>>> .gnucash file or is there a better way?
>>
>> Just re-run the reconcile with the same ending date and balance as the
>> previous time, so you can re-reconcile those transactions.
>>
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>> -derek
>>
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