Serious reconciling problem after deleting an reconciled transaction

[Ronal B Morse]

Wouldn't it be easier to enter an appropriately labeled "dummy"
transaction with an explanatory comment to offset the error, reconcile
that and get on with life? 

Ron Morse


On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 13:38 -0700, Scott Simpson wrote:
> > mucking about in the data file is most likely *not* the way to solve
> > this. At this point, your best bet is to try and roll back to one of
> > the backup files (ending in .xac).
> 
> Yes, I'm afraid you are right. Luckily I have backups. I'll have to
> manually re-enter a month's worth of transactions. That should consume
> one of my days this weekend. :-)
> 
> > As I recall, the proper way to handle the situation with a mistaken
> > reconcile is to delete the incorrect transaction, enter the proper
> > transaction, *ignore* the starting balance, and then reconcile to the
> > proper ending balance.
> 
> This won't work. The ending balance of my account must obviously match
> my statement. But as I check stuff off, the "reconcile number" is
> computed and when I am done matching my statement, the reconcile
> number will be off by $28.50 since it computes relative to the
> previous *incorrect* value (and I can't adjust the reconcile number
> because that is my original problem!). If the reconcile number is not
> $0, I can't say accept. Catch-22.
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