Fred was right. Enlarging the window brought all the other transactions into visibility. My apologies for a bone-headed move.
Dec 26, 2025, 16:45 by [email protected]: > > >> On Dec 26, 2025, at 11:23 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I had hoped that you would understand my question to be broader than the >>> dates example: I want you to examine the 9 unreconciled transactions in the >>> account and see if there are any differences between the four that are >>> presented and the five that are not. >>> >> >> As far as I can tell, there is no difference among the transactions compared >> to my previous practices. This, Case 1, is a savings account and nine of the >> transactions are scheduled, with numbers, debits and credits automatically >> posted to GC. In the case of interest payments the values may change and I >> do that manually. The other two transactions were direct payment of credit >> card bills without passing first through my checking account. In that case I >> credited the savings account and debited each credit card account. >> >> I thought I had answered more on the difference question at one point, but I >> can't find it, so here is what I found. "It appears the system wants the >> first two debits and the first two credits (to make up the four in the >> Reconciliation Window). If it had wanted the first four transactions, per >> se, it would have chosen no debits but rather all four would be credits." >> > > You did say that. It isn’t what I’m asking, nor did I ask about how you > entered the transactions. I mean that you should look at the transactions in > the register and compare what’s displayed. > >> >> >>> You didn’t answer the question about sub accounts. ("Does the account >>> you're trying to balance have sub accounts and some of the transactions are >>> actually in the sub accounts?" >>> >> >> This particular savings account is is subordinate to Assets then Current >> Assets and is among other accounts within Current Assets, but has no sub >> accounts to this savings account. >> >>> What are these two cases? Different accounts where the reconcile window is >>> presenting only four transactions and there are more unreconciled ones? >>> Please provide more detail. >>> >> >> Case 1 is a savings account and Case 2 is a checking account within Current >> Assets and neither has sub accounts. >> > > Not the detail I was looking for. How many unreconciled debit and credit > transactions are there in each account? > >>> Your use of the word “period” is causing confusion. A period is a set of >>> contiguous dates with a beginning and an end. GnuCash’s reconcile process >>> doesn’t work on a period even though your bank statement does. The window >>> is supposed to display all unreconciled transactions—those with an ’n’ or a >>> ‘c’ in the R(reconciled) column between the Account and left value >>> column—regardless of date. >>> >> >> Specifically, the Case 1 statement reads, "Statement Period: 11/15/2025 to >> 12/15/2025." The Case 2 statement reads, "Statement Period 11/01/2025 >> through 11/30/2025”. >> > > OK, but GnuCash only knows about the date of the last reconciliation and the > date you tell it that is the end of the current reconciliation. > Reconciliation is recorded on the date and to the ending balance you provide > in the Reconcile Information Window. It doesn’t consider or even know about a > period, regardless of what the bank printed on your statement. > >> The reconciliation window should show any transactions that have not been >> reconciled, e.g., those with an "n" or "c". It does not. >> > > Yeah, got that. We’re all trying to figure out why. > Fred Bone raised a very useful question. If there is space for only two rows > in the debit and credit views, you can either expand the window vertically > (assuming you have space on your screen) or you can place the pointer in one > of the lists and scroll it. A scrollbar will appear if you place the pointer > at the right edge of a transaction list. > > Regards, > John Ralls > _______________________________________________ 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.
