Reconcilliation problems

[Derek Atkins]

Jason <jason at cougarcorp.net> writes:

> Steve Blackwell wrote:
>> I asked this question last week but didn't get any replies so I'm
>> trying again.
>>
>> I'm attempting to reconcile my checking account. I've done this many
>> times before and not had any problem. This time the beginning balance
>> is wrong so I must have moved or deleted a reconciled transaction by
>> mistake. I don't know how I could have done this without noticing the
>> warning message but nevertheless something has changed.
>>
>> What I am looking for is a way to see all the changes I've made to that
>> account since last time I reconciled it. Is there a report I could use?
>>   
> I don't know if there's a report, as I don't think GNUCash is fully
> transactional in that sense.
>
> A somewhat more manual way is: load one of the backup files where
> everything is OK and compare the "old" and "new" accounts for the
> differences. If it's just a single transaction, you could even sort by
> amount and look for a transaction of exactly that amount.
>
> Other than that, I think you'd need an XML differ tool for GNUCash to do
> an outright compare of the data files.

Your other option is to ignore the starting balance and reconcile
off the correct ending balance.  This should show you the unreconciled
transaction or show you the amount of the missing/deleted transaction.

Note that this is exactly why GnuCash warns you before allowing you
to modify a reconciled transaction/split.

> Jason

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-derek

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