gnucash 1.8.8

[Andrew Sackville-West]

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 09:39:47PM -0700, Karen Beasley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem.  When I went to reconcile my checking account today, 
> the beginning balance displayed was different than the ending balance 
> was last month.  I have no idea how or why this happened (whether it was 
> something I did or a bug in the program), but more importantly, I have 
> no idea how to fix it. 

most likely you have changed a previously reconciled
transaction. Normally you would get a warning when this happens
telling you that you "are about to change a reconciled transaction or
something of that nature." reconciled transactions can be recognized
by the "y" in the "R" column of the register. if you change an amount
in a split that is marked "y" you will messup your reconciled
balance. 

> 
> I have been using gnucash for more than a year and this has never 
> happened before.  Is there anything I can do to recover the old ending 
> balance in a way that will allow me to reconcile my account accurately?
> 

you have two choices I can see: 1) dig back through all your
transactions to see if you can find one you may have changed, or 2)
make an entry for the offsetting amount and mark it as reconciled. The
first choice is the "Right" choice. the second one may be acceptable
if your books aren't "mission critical" or subject to financial
audits. IOW, if you can remember what you did, fix it, if not then
make an adjusting entry with appropriate notes about why you did it. 

> I'm running version 1.8.8 on Suse 9.2.  (and yes, we are planning to 
> upgrade)
> 
> Any ideas?  Or can you refer me to someone who might know?  Thank-you 
> for any help you can offer.

you should probably have posted this on gnucash-user instead of
gnucash-devel. 

hth.

A
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