Reconcilliation

[David T.]

Jan,
Liz noted earlier on the thread that this button creates a balancing transaction against ORPHAN-XXX (where XXX is your local currency). This is one of two generic "Oops" accounts that GnuCash creates under varying circumstances (the other is IMBALANCE-XXX). 
As for renaming the button/function, that may be advisable, but I defer to the developers on that.
David
      From: Jan Steinman <Jan at EcoReality.org>
 To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
 Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 10:01 AM
 Subject: Re: Reconcilliation
   
> From: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> 
> Wow! After all these years, I never noticed that button on the toolbar.
> I wonder if that is something that should be removed from the toolbar. If it were left on a menu, then it could be used by people who actively seek it out.
> At least this feature should be documented a little more fully. I have added a bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744065

If it does what I think it does, perhaps it should be labeled "Force Balance."

I'm assuming it is intended to correct for sloppy bookkeeping by creating an entry that makes your books and the bank's agree. If so, where does it get/take the money? Does it create an "Errors" account or something similar?

:::: Rapid growth in the human energy base has broken down old biological and cultural diversity, and simultaneously led to proliferation of human numbers and individual diversity. The climaxing and decline of energy will inevitably result in a reduction of human numbers, and possibly individual diversity, while stimulating the re-emergence of localised biological and cultural diversity. -- David Holmgren
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