Fixing opening balance for an incorrectly reconciled account

[Andrew Gross]

David,

I used the wrong terminology -- I should have said "starting balance".  I
am looking at 4.4.1 of the documentation (
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/txns-reconcile1.html) and
I did create a dummy transaction and then reversed it after the
reconciliation.  Do you believe this is just a one-time fix?  I would doubt
that since it wouldn't change the underlying starting balance.  I think I
am misunderstanding something here...

Thanks
AEG

Andrew Gross
917 750 6981

On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:51 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> What do you mean, you can't fix the opening balance? If you are talking
> about your "Opening Balance" transaction, that is just another transaction,
> and of course you can edit that. (The recent discussion about reversing
> transactions was about a technicality for business books, and not necessary
> for personal books)
>
> If you are talking about the "Starting Balance" when you reconcile each
> month, take a look in the Guide at 4.4.1, and read the note there about how
> to handle that.
>
> Either way, it's a one time fix.
>
> David
>
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:20, Andrew Gross
> <aegross at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings -- have looked at a couple of old threads on reconciliation
> issues that come close to this question, but not quite. In two of my
> accounts (one asset; one liability) I committed a transgression; I
> attempted to fix a reconciled transaction.  Since then, I have to put in a
> "fix" to balance each account.  I add a bogus transaction; reconcile; and
> then reverse the transaction.  Essentially, I need to be able to reset the
> opening balance in order to fix this.  I know changing the opening balance
> is not an option; is there an alternative so I can stop using the "bogus
> transaction" method?
>
> Thanks everyone,
>
>
> Andrew Gross
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