Quick question about ofx auto-reconcile

[Derek Atkins]

I guess it depends which value means more for you.  You could
just as easily write a report that only shows you cleared/reconciled
transactions....

-derek

"Phillip Shelton" <shelton@usq.edu.au> writes:

> True.
> 
> I used to have the second account as a sub account of the first. This
> meant that if you looked at the total in the account's pane you would
> get the expected value.
> 
> On the other hand others at the time I first brought this up others said
> that it could be "solved" by writting a report that did the summing for
> you.
> 
> Phill
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord@MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, 26 August 2002 11:03 AM
> To: Phillip Shelton
> Cc: gnucash-devel@gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Quick question about ofx auto-reconcile
> 
> 
> The problem with this approach is that you don't get a clear idea of
> the expected balance of the account.  You need to sum the 'current
> balance' and the 'outstanding checks' in order to know how much money
> you still have to spend.
> 
> I'm not convinced that this is the right way of keeping track of this,
> but currently there isn't a better way (in Gnucash).
> 
> -derek
> 
> "Phillip Shelton" <shelton@usq.edu.au> writes:
> 
> > This is what I use a seperate account for.  
> > -On the 1st I enter a transaction for my cheque in my `cheque written'
> account. 
> > -On the 10th a transaction is entered for the 5th to my `bank
> account'. I point the other half of this transaction to `cheque
> written'.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > > > Working on the GUI, a came up with this little question:
> > > > 
> > > > Suppose you just downloaded a transaction from your bank.  A check
> for 
> > > > example.
> > > > -You write it on august 1st, end enter it into gnucash
> > > > -The check clears on the 5th
> > > > -On the tenth, you download your bank statement, and
> auto-reconcile that 
> > > > transaction.
> > > > 
> > > > Should the reconciled date be the 5th or the 10th?
> > > 
> > > You did the reconciliation on the 10th, so that is the "reconciled
> date."
> > > 
> > > According to the bank, it cleared on the 5th, so that could be an
> _additional_ 
> > > date field to associate with the transaction, but that's not a
> "reconciled" 
> > > date.
> > 
> > Should we add a "cleared date" field to Splits?
> > 
> > -derek
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