On Apr 16, 9:02 am, Dave <oneblessed...@gmail.com> wrote: > Okay I give up. > > I found a few transfers that were labeled with buckets (big no-no!) > and fixed those. Now I have an entirely different difference between > the two. It is something like 26.07. I searched for it and can't find > anything. > > Anybody got a suggestion? > > TIA >
I ran into issues like this several times when I first started using MoneyWell so I now verify my accounts balances equal my bucket balances every time I use MoneyWell so I catch these mistakes the same day I make them. I wish MoneyWell would enforce this type of checking by default because tracking down these mistakes weeks after they were made can be a painful process. Not sure if this will help, but I've found the following have been the various sources of account balances not equaling my bucket balances: 1) Future pending transactions: make sure these (with an orange background) are not showing. Of course if you're only off by 53 cents, this probably isn't your problem. 2) Not selecting all accounts: make sure you select all of your spending accounts when doing the compare. But again, this would probably put you off by more than 53 cents. 3) Unbucketed transactions: make sure all transactions have a bucket, except for transfers between spending accounts (transfers from a spending account to a non-spending account should have a bucket on one side though) 4) Duplicate transactions/incorrect amounts: if you set up future transactions and then download from your bank, this can be a frequent problem. Reconcile your accounts to help catch these. 5) Split transactions: I've run into numerous problems with split transactions. If you have any of these, review each one and make sure all their children have buckets and the same date and transaction status (Open/Cleared/Reconciled) and the total amount is correct. If all of those check out, perhaps your starting cash flow balance is off as already suggested. Is this the first time you've compared balances, or did they used to match and they just recently started diverging? If you really want to track this down, it's possible to use some SQL to go back in time and calculate your account balances and bucket balances for past days and find where you started diverging (I posted a thread about this a few weeks back). Of course, at this point it might just be simpler to start over with a new cash flow balance from the beginning of this month and make sure you keep an eye on the balances going forward. -Lance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 no-thirst-software@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to no-thirst-software+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
