[GNC-dev] Further feedback

[Steve Butler]

Sorry for top posting.  Checked the transaction report items.  One is
Reconciled Date.   That date matches the bank statement date on which it
was reconciled.

How does that report get that date per transaction if the field doesn't
exist?

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 17:52 Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com wrote:

> On 9/2/19 7:49 am, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> > On 2/8/19 5:12 AM, Christopher Lam wrote:
> >> I've been experimenting and I think there's a logic error in your
> >> thinking -- *during* reconciliation, until it's complete, all
> >> 'reconciled' transactions are labelled 'cleared'. Reconciled
> >> transactions are, so to speak, gone and don't need to be shown on a
> >> reconciliation report.
> > The reconciliation report should run just after reconciliation has
> > finished.  Therefore, the just reconciled items will be marked as
> > reconciled.
>
> I do agree in principle... however the internal logic of GnuCash
> dictates that there is no such thing as "just reconciled items".
>
> Consider a very busy bank account needing regular reconciliation... on
> 15-january you try reconcile but you've written and recorded a check for
> $53.50 on 20-december which is still not cleared. This $53.50 will
> remain unreconciled ("outstanding") causing a discrepancy of $53.50
> between your 15-January bank statement, and your book. You reconcile,
> skipping the $53.50 amount, and all's well.
>
> On 15-february the bank statement arrives, and the $53.50 check has
> cleared on 19-january. The $53.50 status changes from (n)unreconciled to
> (c)cleared. Additionally all intermediate transactions are cleared. Your
> 15-february bank statement now matches your books.
>
> According to my suggestions above logic the $53.50 will be counted in
> the 'cleared' header, and be present in the reconciliation report. You
> will afterwards then complete the reconciliation, which converts all
> 'c'leared to 'y'reconciled.
>
> If we were to follow your logic, and if we run the reconciliation report
> on 15-february, and if we *aim* to look for the 'just-reconciled' items,
> we will definitely miss the $53.50 transaction dated 20-December because
> it's now reconciled/"archived". Remember the transactions do *NOT* have
> a 'reconciliation date' so we cannot look for them using a simple query.
> Only accounts have a last-reconciliation-date. We will *not* find them
> by querying 'reconciliation-date minus 1 day'.
>
> Logically you're not wrong but GnuCash internal logic will dictate the
> above process must be followed.
>
>