hmm - ok - the range was at default - since i didn't even realize that was there - :) -- so 30 days (plenty since i last reconciled about a week ago).. there are not 2 id's in this case - since one transaction is manually entered -- the other is imported. - and since both are withdrawals they are they same type.. (neither were checks).
regarding the last balance.. i expected it to pre-fill the start balance from the 'last reconcile' but there are neither previous statements nor last balance info - its like i never reconciled - but i have - at least 2 times in the past.. (i have been using the method you mention for end of day amounts - but its not as simple is it looks - and is pretty tedious to go through... for example -- today i had a 2 transactions from dec (checks and items that took a long time to clear) - so i had to match that 'last transaction' to the one on the online statement.. i had to attempt reconcile 5 times before i found the right starting amount (clear unclear clear unclear etc. :)) - that's when i noticed the two duplicates ... :) - however on my other accounts it brought in the last amounts from the last reconcile - all i had to do was enter the ending balance (as in the video).. thanks mary lou On Jan 25, 9:41 am, Kevin Hoctor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 25, 2009, at 6:55 AM, ciara belle wrote: > > > Is there a trick to duplicates... i downloaded my statement - and was > > trying to reconcile... which is a whole nother issue cause it didnt > > remember my previous statement amounts (and my bank doesnt provide > > 'end of day' amounts - rather running balance after transaction > > amounts...so finding the Right amount to put in start amount is a > > nightmare)... so there were two duplicates but neither was found .... > > i deleted them but i would much rather merge them so that i can keep > > the hidden data.. > > Mary Lou, > > If the amounts are the same for two transactions and one of them is > coming from an import, which means that it will appear in the Last > Import smart bucket, then the only thing left for you to do is to make > sure the day range on the Duplicates view is large enough to cover the > spread of days different between the two transactions. > > The only other reasons that these two wouldm't match is if they were > different types (check versus withdrawal, etc.) or if they were both > imported from different file types and have different hidden external > IDs. You can see the external ID of a transaction by hovering your > cursor over the Transaction Detail title bar and looking at the > tooltip that appears. A manual merge is coming in 1.5 to handle the > cases where MoneyWell won't see two transactions as matching. > > For the other issue with an end of day balance, you simply need to > look at the running balance amount next to the last transaction for > that day if that's all your bank gives you. This should be less > trouble than trying to match up running balances when the sequence of > transactions is different on your bank statement and in your software > register. > > Peace, > > Kevin Hoctor > [email protected] > No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.comhttp://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
