Well, I sure hope you figure out the problem! David T.
On Dec 8, 2025, 11:41 PM, at 11:41 PM, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: >"This would be my first point: you need to change 12457 to 9880" That >is >not possible. I can not change it in any way. > >"suggests a problem with either your data or your procedures. Perhaps >you could provide more detail?" > >I have gone through all the items in that account for this year when I >started the account. > >I find a single item un-reconciled until I get to the current month. >The >box with 12457 does not allow any changes so there is no way to change >that. I have in the past gone thru this process to find an error and >having the balance column, I can change the entry dates to follow the >balances on the statement, checking each item against the bank >statement, ending with the New Balance. > >Unfortunately there does not appear to be an obvious way to either >reconcile the individual item that I found, nor does checking it off in > >the reconcile window do any good - just adds to the problem. Without >adding a balancing entry, _there is no way to finish reconciling_. > >Again this whole morning I have gone through months worth of statements > >and only found that one un-reconciled item. > >"David T. * MY terse reply could simply have been 9880<>12457 and left >it at that!" > >Perhaps David you fail to realize that someone asking for help does not > >know what you want them to tell you and snark doesn't make it any >easier >on them. > >"This would be my first point: you need to change 12457 to 9880--after >all, you're reconciling to your *bank's* records." How do you propose I > >make that happen except by adding a balancing entry? > >Phyllis: "no one told Richard you CAN change the starting date on the >way into the reconciliation screen" Changing the date doesn't change >the >previous balance. > >In any case, thank you and others for taking the time to help me with >this. > >On 12/8/2025 9:12 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> Adrien previously made valid points-- to wit, you should not consider > >> adding a balancing entry to be correct. I echo his advice for you to >> go back to a point before your first balancing entry and get this in >> order. >> >> Your terse reply makes informed advice difficult,* but it suggests >> that the current bank statement is 9880 and the reconciliation dialog > >> prepopulates with 12457, which you accept and then proceed to the >> reconciliation window. This would be my first point: you need to >> change 12457 to 9880--after all, you're reconciling to your *bank's* >> records. GnuCash makes an educated guess as to what the closing >figure >> should be, based on dates and reconcile flags-- but it's only a >guess. >> >> You should at least go back first and correct your books from the >> beginning, and we what happens when reconcile to the bank's numbers. >> >> David T. >> >> * MY terse reply could simply have been 9880<>12457 and left it at >that! >> On Dec 8, 2025, at 3:50 PM, Richard Fochtmann <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> >> >> Get BlueMail for Mobile <https://bluemail.me/download/> >> On December 7, 2025, at 22:03, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Under normal circumstances, users can disregard the starting >>> balance in reconciliation, so long as the ending balances match. >>> >>> With GnuCash, the starting balance in reconciliation is a >>> calculation of *all* reconciled transactions in the account-- >>> past, present and future-- so if you have any reconciled >>> transactions that come after the starting date of your >>> reconciliation, they will throw off the starting balance. What >>> matters is that the closing balances match. >>> >>> My general suggestion for anyone trying to reconciled a long >>> period of time, or to correct an error in the past (reconciled) >>> books, is first to try reconciling the entire period to the last >>> date available, selecting everything that either appears on the >>> last statement or predates it. If that works, then your cleanup >>> is done. If it doesn't, then cancel out, clear all reconcile >>> transactions after the last good reconciliation, and work >through >>> statement by statement. >>> >>> However, your comments that this has happened before and that >>> you've had to create balancing entries suggests a problem with >>> either your data or your procedures. Perhaps you could provide >>> more detail? >>> >>> David T. >>> On Dec 8, 2025, at 8:17 AM, Richard Fochtmann via gnucash-user >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Current statement 9880+ >>> >>> Reconcile popup 12457+ >>> >>> Checkng off all items in popup except for two future items >leaves 8000+ >>> >>> Remove previous balancing entry leaving 4000+ and no way to >finish the rec process >>> _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
