reconcile feature

[Dave Peticolas]

On 27 Jul 2001 14:24:45 +0200, Georg Wilckens wrote:
> Feature-offer:
> 
> Sometimes you might have to enter a list of say 300 transactions. In
> the end you realize that the balance doesn't match *ouch*. If the
> delta you get is divisible by nine, you have a pretty good chance that
> it is caused by switched digits in a transaction (eg. 123.43 instead
> of 132.43). It is relatively easy to calculate where the error took
> place, so you would have to check maybe 10 transactions instead of 300

You're right, I've done that several times myself.


> to fix it. Still AFAIK no accounting software implements this feature
> as of now. Would anyone need this? If yes, are you interested in
> integrating this feature into gnucash?

If you are asking if we would accept a patch that adds this feature,
the answer is yes! Are you thinking of a menu item in the reconcile
window that searches for the wrong transaction?

dave