Reconciliation

[Alex Aycinena]

>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 17:14:30 +0100
> Subject: Re: Reconciliation
> On Monday 23 February 2015 10:58:52 Andy Pastuszak wrote:
> > New file has Num and Action.  Sounds like it's time to do an export
> > and import.
> >
> This behavior is controlled by an option under the General tab in the
> Preferences:
> "Set book option on new files to use split "action" field for "Num" field
> in registers/reports"
>
> I don't know how that got enabled when you created your current file.
> But from the help on this option it will only be evaluated when creating
> a new book. So yes you'll have to restart if you want to change the
> behaviour. And make sure the option is disabled when you create your
> new book.
>
> Geert
>

I don't believe this is exactly correct. When you create a new book you are
given the choice to set this option. It defaults to 'not selected', so Andy
could have set it, either intentionally or not, when he created the book.
It is also possible to go and change the setting any time afterwards, So
Andy may have set it later, also, either intentionally or not. (If you do
change it later, you will end up with transactions that have the 'number'
in one field before the change and in another field after the change. There
is a warning about this in the help description.) Depending on how this
option is set, the register shows a 'T-num' field on the second line or
not. That is why some of you are seeing it and some of you are not (you
don't have that option set).

For users who come from a Quicken background, and transfer their data from
there, setting that option will make gnucash behave like Quicken in terms
of how the 'num' field is displayed in different registers (that is, the
same transaction can have different 'numbers' displayed in different
registers; the T-num, if used will be the same in all registers for a given
transaction).

For Andy, if he wants to keep this behaviour, there is no need to start his
book all over again. If there is a bug in the reconciliation window, I just
need to fix that. Meanwhile, Andy can do his reconciliations without seeing
his numbers and just focusing on the amount and dates.

Regards,

Alex