Reconciliation: Incorrect Starting Balance

[Colin Law]

On 27 October 2013 16:12, David <dgpickett at aol.com> wrote:
> When I reconcile the very first by date transaction of $n, creating a
> running balance of $n, I should never be told there is $6.37 already
> balanced, unless there is a hidden transaction or split with an earlier
> date, but there it is.

Sorry, don't know what you mean by reconcile the very first by date
transaction.  Have you unreconciled all the other transactions?
Remember the Starting Balance shown on the reconcile dialog includes
all reconciled transactions, not just ones before any particular date.
 Please describe exactly what you are doing when you reconcile the
first transaction.  What does the Starting Balance in the reconcile
dialog show? What value are you putting in for Ending Balance?  What
do you do next and what happens?

Colin

>
> So, since we know there is hidden column of reconciled date, we can
> manipulate the reconciled balance without messing up the running balance by
> putting in an earlier transaction, reconciling it, change the date to
> 2099-12-31, change the balance to whatever the reconcile is off.
>
> It's a great workaround for an aggravating bug that the developers have
> adopted as their child that can do no wrong, just blaming the data entry
> troops and suggesting a search for an invisible needle in a haystack.  Well,
> in this life there is a little insanity everywhere.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
> To: David <dgpickett at aol.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Sent: Sun, Oct 27, 2013 4:15 am
> Subject: Re: Reconciliation: Incorrect Starting Balance
>
> On 26 October 2013 22:52, David <dgpickett at aol.com> wrote:
>> There must be a hidden date, that redating an early reconciled transaction
>> to way later allows you to balance the first transaction.
>
> I still don't understand exactly what problem you have.  Are you
> saying that the Starting Balance as shown on the Reconcile window is
> not the sum of all reconciled transactions?  Changing the date on a
> reconciled transaction does not change the Starting Balance on the
> reconcile window.  Try it and see.
>
> Colin