Reconciliation window can't do basic math?!

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Thu Feb 20 18:50:22 EST 2014


On Feb 20, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Wolfgang Faust <wolfgangmcq at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:23 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> 
>> On Feb 20, 2014, at 1:58 PM, Wolfgang Faust <wolfgangmcq at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm not sure what a "single-split transaction" is. The two
>>> transactions that were giving trouble were in fact splits, spread
>>> across the main account and a sub-account.
>> 
>> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Use "reply all" or "reply-list" if your mail client supports it.
>> I forgot to add it to the CC list on my earlier reply, so reply-all to this one.
> Drat, I keep forgetting to do that. I wish Reply-To wasn't Considered
> Harmful. Oh, well.
> 
>> In general, transactions must have at least two splits; a "split transaction" has three or more. GnuCash 2.6.0 has a bug that can create single-split transactions if you prematurely hit "return", and having created them, it hides them so that they're invisible, but still includes them in balance calculations. This is fixed in 2.6.1.
> No, I don't seem to have done that at all.
>> 
>> So I take it that in this case the problem is that you have a transaction which has a split each in a parent and child account? Do you have "Include subaccounts" checked in the Reconcile Information Dialog?
> Yes, exactly. I had "Include subaccounts" checked; the problem seemed
> to be that it was double-counting the transaction. In other words, the
> transaction would appear twice in the Reconciliation window
> (potentially once on each side), and each checkbox that was checked
> would cause it to count the entire transaction again.
> Example:
> [*] Transaction 1 $2.00 <- In main account, counted as $2.00 + $5.00
> [*] Transaction 1 $5.00 <- In sub-account, counted once more as $2.00 + $5.00
> Total: $14.00 <- ($2.00 + $5.00)*2, rather than just $2.00 + $5.00
> 
> Does that make sense at all?

Yes. Did unchecking “Include subaccounts” fix the problem?

Regards,
John Ralls




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