On Dec 14, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Alan Schmitt wrote: > I reported this on the beta list a couple weeks ago, but I did not > get any feedback. As the problem just occurred again (and I lost 15 > minutes tweaking the balances to get a closed statement), I'm > resending this message. > > Unfortunately it may not be the modification of transactions but > something much more common that makes a reconciled statement get > back to open again. Here is an example. > > You have three transactions, ordered by date: > 1/1 A 10 $ > 2/2 B 20 $ > 3/3 C 5 $ > > B is a check, and it hasn't been cashed yet. When you reconcile > period 1/1 to 3/3, initial = 0 $, final = 15 $, you see that A and C > need to be reconciled, and the statement is reconciled. > > A little time pass, and the situation now is (marking X with > previously reconciled transactions): > > X 1/1 A 10 $ > 2/2 B 20 $ > X 3/3 C 5 $ > 4/4 10 $ > > Assume every transaction has cleared. If you open the Reconcile > pane, and click the + button for a new reconciliation statement, you > can reconcile from 2/2 to 4/4, initial (automatically) set to 15 $, > and final to 45 $. Moneywell will tell you that you just need to > check everything (everything is reconciled), and all is well. > > X 1/1 A 10 $ > X 2/2 B 20 $ > X 3/3 C 5 $ > X 4/4 10 $ > > Now the problem is here: if any time later you open your first 1/1 > to 3/3 statement, Moneywell will think it's open as B is now > reconciled! > > As I often have interleaving reconciliation statements, I have > learned to never open previous statements. > > The only fix I can think of would require a change inside MoneyWell. > It seems that it tracks statement by date, initial balance, final > balance, and _current_ reconciliation status. It would somehow need > to save the reconciliation status of transactions within the date > range so as not to become confused with interleaving transactions. > > But maybe my guess of what happens under the hood is completely > wrong, and there is a simple fix for this situation...
Hi Alan, Sorry, I did get behind on the last flurry of beta emails. This situation should not occur because MoneyWell is supposed to use the reconciled date and not the transaction date. I'll check to see why this is occurring. Thanks for the detailed steps. Peace, Kevin Hoctor [email protected] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
