Reconcile Flag Question **SOLVED**

[Jay Ridgley]

On 04/08/2017 07:17 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Jay,
>
> On Sat, April 8, 2017 8:00 am, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>> On 04/07/2017 10:03 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Fri, April 7, 2017 11:00 am, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>>>> Good Morning,
>>>>
>>>> I discovered that a check that had been reconciled had the reconcile
>>>> flag changed from "y" to "c". I have no idea when this happened but the
>>>> check involved was reconciled correctly. Now I have a problem with the
>>>> current reconcile. Is there a way to manually set the flag back to "y"?
>>>
>>> You just need to re-reconcile it.  Ignore the starting balance, enter in
>>> the correct ending balance (from your statement), and then just check it
>>> off.
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>
>> Derek, Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> I tried that. The screen shows only that check with the check mark
>> indicating it is cleared. However, it also shows out of balance by that
>> amount and does not yield a green check mark that will allow me to
>> complete the reconcile. Did I miss something...
>
> What beginning balance did GnuCash give you?
> What ending balance did you enter/use?
>
> My guess is that either you entered the wrong ending balance (possibly
> using GnuCash's suggestion instead of entering the correct one)...  Or the
> beginning balance was NOT off, and you actually have an incorrect
> transaction in there.
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jay
>
>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> -derek
>
Derek,

** ROOT PROBLEM **
My error, I had flagged a check as cleared when it had not.

** SOLUTION **
Restored a backup gnu-data prior to the last reconcile. Found the error, 
corrected it and reran the reconcile. All is well.

Thanks,
Jay

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