unreconcile multiple transactions

[James White]

Sigh.  Of course.

That was super-simple and took me about 5% as long to do.

Also, there is virtually no room for error.

Thanks Warlord

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: December 15, 2017 10:55 AM
To: James White <James at whitehousenorth.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: unreconcile multiple transactions

Hi,

frozenjim <james at whitehousenorth.com> writes:

> While there is no "SIMPLE" way to un-reconcile an entire account, I 
> have had to do this once or twice in the past and have found what I 
> believe is the easiest way:
>    
> Open Account Journal   
> Open Search Dialog (CTRL-F)   
> Search for ALL of these conditions:      
>          
> Reconcile : IS : Reconciled         
> Account : Matches Any Account : (enter your account)            
>    
> Save the Search   
> Manually clear your reconciled entries:      
>          
> Move to the first reconciled entry         
> CONFIRM you are on the line for your account (i.e. the bank account, not the
> vendor)         
> Click on the "Y" in the reconciled column of the first transaction         
> Entry vanishes from search and mouse is moved to the NEXT entry         
> Repeat until there are no entries left      
> This is still time consuming - and you get hypnotized pretty fast so 
> stay alert - but it is the simplest and least risky method I have come up with.

I would suggest an easier (and less error-prone) way:

* Open the account you want to unreconcile
* View -> Filter By...
  and select the date range you want to unreconcile
* View -> Filter By... -> Status
  and unclick everything but "reconciled"
* Now go through each line and click on the 'y' in the reconciled
  column.  The line will vanish.  And you'll be certain you're
  unreconciling the entry from *this* account and not accidentally from
  another account.

Enjoy!

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-derek

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