Re: [GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation
On Sun, 25 Jun 2023 11:00:53 -0500 David Carlson wrote: > David T., et alia, > > Somewhere in the nether regions of my pea brain I have a recollection > of a 'feature' to automatically add an adjustment transaction to > bring a reconciliation into balance without finding the 'error'. > > That was probably in one of the other programs that I used before I > started using Gnucash, but it might be a feature that some GnuCash > users might want. It is there, left hand end of the toolbar. I used it once, and won't ever again. Liz ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation
On Sunday, 25 June 2023 14:52:50 BST David T. wrote: > Both previous replies were on target-- but, I do wonder how you finished the > first reconciliation, since GnuCash won't activate the finish button until > the Difference value is zero. If the transaction was wrong, the balance > would be non-zero? > .. Just a suggestion, ISTR that the "ending balance" is auto-filled to a calculated balance at date. If the txns are wrong, so will the "suggested" end balance. If the step Gregory OP missed was to correctly set the end balance, _I Think_ the reconcile would permit a finish to a bogus total. 0.02. Maf. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation
David T., et alia, Somewhere in the nether regions of my pea brain I have a recollection of a 'feature' to automatically add an adjustment transaction to bring a reconciliation into balance without finding the 'error'. That was probably in one of the other programs that I used before I started using Gnucash, but it might be a feature that some GnuCash users might want. Of course this brings a risk that GnuCash might erroneously reconcile a few transactions that were correctly unposted by the financial institution, possibly because they were simply normal 'float' that is not cleared as of the statement date, but a savvy user could identify those transactions during the reconciliation. I think this idea 'floated' to the surface because at this moment I just happened to be halfway through reconciling a very troublesome statement from a credit card company that often fails to post transactions in a timely manner and commits other fiscal sins that cause normal accountants to tear their hair out. On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 8:54 AM David T. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Both previous replies were on target-- but, I do wonder how you finished > the first reconciliation, since GnuCash won't activate the finish button > until the Difference value is zero. If the transaction was wrong, the > balance would be non-zero? > > David T. > > On Jun 25, 2023, 12:26 PM, at 12:26 PM, "Maf. King" > wrote: > >Hi Gregory, > > > >welcome to the list and Gnucash. > > > > > >Just ignore that the starting balance is wrong, go through the > >reconcilliation > >as normal aiming for the correct ending balance. > > > >should sort itself out. > >HTH, > >Maf > > > > > >On Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:08:01 BST Gregory Donavon wrote: > >> I hope you can help me unwind an error I made after not following > >one of > >> the steps in a busybee post video on youtube: I transposed a couple > >of > >> numbers on one transaction, this resulted in there being a difference > >of a > >> few dollars. Rather than hitting "postpone," I hit "finished" with > >the plan > >> of coming back later to figure out the location of the error. When I > >> changed the transposed entry to the correct amount, that didn't > >correct the > >> problem because when I went back in to reconcile , the starting > >balance was > >> wrong and I could not change it or bring up the original > >reconciliation > >> page. Is there anything I can do - this is my first month using > >gnucash. > >> Any suggestions you have for reversing the transactions would be > >> appreciated. > >> > >> Thanks for your help, > >> Gregory Donavon > >> ___ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> 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. > > > > > > > > > >___ > >gnucash-user mailing list > >gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >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. > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > -- David Carlson ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation
Both previous replies were on target-- but, I do wonder how you finished the first reconciliation, since GnuCash won't activate the finish button until the Difference value is zero. If the transaction was wrong, the balance would be non-zero? David T. On Jun 25, 2023, 12:26 PM, at 12:26 PM, "Maf. King" wrote: >Hi Gregory, > >welcome to the list and Gnucash. > > >Just ignore that the starting balance is wrong, go through the >reconcilliation >as normal aiming for the correct ending balance. > >should sort itself out. >HTH, >Maf > > >On Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:08:01 BST Gregory Donavon wrote: >> I hope you can help me unwind an error I made after not following >one of >> the steps in a busybee post video on youtube: I transposed a couple >of >> numbers on one transaction, this resulted in there being a difference >of a >> few dollars. Rather than hitting "postpone," I hit "finished" with >the plan >> of coming back later to figure out the location of the error. When I >> changed the transposed entry to the correct amount, that didn't >correct the >> problem because when I went back in to reconcile , the starting >balance was >> wrong and I could not change it or bring up the original >reconciliation >> page. Is there anything I can do - this is my first month using >gnucash. >> Any suggestions you have for reversing the transactions would be >> appreciated. >> >> Thanks for your help, >> Gregory Donavon >> ___ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> 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. > > > > >___ >gnucash-user mailing list >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >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. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation
Hi Gregory, welcome to the list and Gnucash. Just ignore that the starting balance is wrong, go through the reconcilliation as normal aiming for the correct ending balance. should sort itself out. HTH, Maf On Thursday, 22 June 2023 01:08:01 BST Gregory Donavon wrote: > I hope you can help me unwind an error I made after not following one of > the steps in a busybee post video on youtube: I transposed a couple of > numbers on one transaction, this resulted in there being a difference of a > few dollars. Rather than hitting "postpone," I hit "finished" with the plan > of coming back later to figure out the location of the error. When I > changed the transposed entry to the correct amount, that didn't correct the > problem because when I went back in to reconcile , the starting balance was > wrong and I could not change it or bring up the original reconciliation > page. Is there anything I can do - this is my first month using gnucash. > Any suggestions you have for reversing the transactions would be > appreciated. > > Thanks for your help, > Gregory Donavon > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation
Gregory, If you've corrected your txn you don't need to reverse anything, you can run a reconciliation as many times as you want, ignore the starting balance, it's the closing balance that matters and what you are reconciling to. Cheers David H. On Sun, 25 Jun 2023 at 09:03, Gregory Donavon wrote: > I hope you can help me unwind an error I made after not following one of > the steps in a busybee post video on youtube: I transposed a couple of > numbers on one transaction, this resulted in there being a difference of a > few dollars. Rather than hitting "postpone," I hit "finished" with the plan > of coming back later to figure out the location of the error. When I > changed the transposed entry to the correct amount, that didn't correct the > problem because when I went back in to reconcile , the starting balance was > wrong and I could not change it or bring up the original reconciliation > page. Is there anything I can do - this is my first month using gnucash. > Any suggestions you have for reversing the transactions would be > appreciated. > > Thanks for your help, > Gregory Donavon > ___ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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. > ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
[GNC] Reversing a finished credit card reconciliation
I hope you can help me unwind an error I made after not following one of the steps in a busybee post video on youtube: I transposed a couple of numbers on one transaction, this resulted in there being a difference of a few dollars. Rather than hitting "postpone," I hit "finished" with the plan of coming back later to figure out the location of the error. When I changed the transposed entry to the correct amount, that didn't correct the problem because when I went back in to reconcile , the starting balance was wrong and I could not change it or bring up the original reconciliation page. Is there anything I can do - this is my first month using gnucash. Any suggestions you have for reversing the transactions would be appreciated. Thanks for your help, Gregory Donavon ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
