[GNC] Reconciliation being undone without warning

[George Riner]

So... question:

If one edits the transaction by changing an account, should that 
un-reconcile it?

Say I make a credit card donation to a business and charge the expense 
to home repairs.  Then I go back and change it from home repairs to 
charitable donation.  Should that un-reconcile it?

If I change the description from the name of the business to a name of a 
relative, should that un-reconcile?

What does 'reconcile' mean? Just that there's a matching amount on the 
statement? regardless of whether the description or balancing account 
entry matches or not?

:George
Windows 10
Gnucash 2.6.17



On 8/13/2018 1:42 AM, Anthony Marrian wrote:
> I'm not sure this happened prior to version 3. I constantly update reconciled transactions. I'm not altering the values, just the reference number (in the NUM field) or the description. It cannot possibly be sensible that adjusting descriptive, or reference, data in a reconciled transaction leads to its being unreconciled, with all the chaos that then ensues. The reconciliation is to do with the values, not the description or reference.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+anthony=gardensmontessori.com at gnucash.org> On Behalf Of Adrien Monteleone
> Sent: 12 August 2018 17:48
> To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Reconciliation being undone without warning
>
> Editing a reconciled transaction sets the status to ’n’. That is intended behavior.
>
> Concerning the warning dialog you either told it not to warn you for the session, or forever. If closing and restarting GnuCash doesn’t bring back the warning, check the Actions > Reset Warnings dialog and you’ll see it there. You can check the box for it and Apply and it will show next time you edit a reconciled transaction.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
>> On Aug 12, 2018, at 7:19 AM, Anthony Marrian <anthony at gardensmontessori.com> wrote:
>>
>> What a prat I am. Sorry: from y to n
>>
>> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
>> Sent: 12 August 2018 11:32
>> To: Anthony Marrian <anthony at gardensmontessori.com>
>> Cc: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Reconciliation being undone without warning
>>
>> On Sun, 12 Aug 2018 at 11:07, Anthony Marrian <anthony at gardensmontessori.com<mailto:anthony at gardensmontessori.com>> wrote:
>> I'm running version 3.2. I reconciled a bank account to the end of July, and then added voucher numbers (in the NUM column) to a number of the transactions, as I have habitually done with all versions before 3. No warning appeared, BUT I have just noticed when trying to reconcile July that the all the transactions which had numbers added to their NUM field also had their reconciliation flag moved from n to y. I imagine this behaviour is not by design.
>>
>> If it is now y then they are still reconciled, or do you mean they changed from y to n?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>> Best wishes - Anthony
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