[linas@linas.org: Re: hiding entries that have been cleared]

[Linas Vepstas]

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----- Forwarded message from Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>, linas@linas.o=
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Subject: Re: hiding entries that have been cleared
To: Dean Johnson <dtj@fusion-solutions.com>
From: Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
CC: gnucash-user@lists.gnumatic.com
From: linas@linas.org
X-Hahahaha: hehehe

It's been rumoured that Dean Johnson said:
> Hello,
> I have imported lots of entries from Quicken. When I go to reconcile, it
> shows all the already cleared entries that came over from Quicken. I
> thought it didn't hide the entries after clearing them, but after
> catching up on some statements, I realize that it does hide the entries
> that I have cleared within gnucash. This probably wouldn't be such a big
> thing if I didn't import all my entries dating back to 1994. Its damned
> annoying to have to scroll through all the entries on the debit and
> credit sides during the reconcile. Anybody have any ideas of how to fix
> this?

I'm not sure how to fix this, but I think you are confusing 'cleared'
and 'reconciled'. =20

'Cleared' means that the bank has paid the amount (its been
withdrawn/deposited).   (Because you may write a check on one day,
note it in gnucash, but the person recieving the check may not cash
it for a week or more).

'Reconciled' means 'cleared' *and* that you have manually compared
(using the reconcile dialog) the bank statement to your list of
deposits/withdrawls).

Once a transaction has been marked 'reconciled', it will never show
up in the reconcile window again. =20

I am not sure why your quicken import didn't mark the old data as
'reconciled' as opposed to 'cleared'. =20

--linas

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