[GNC] Reconciliation being undone without warning

Mon Aug 13 13:45:28 EDT 2018

> On Aug 13, 2018, at 11:17 AM, George Riner <GeorgeRiner at mycogeo.com> wrote:
> 
> 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?

No, this won’t un-reconcile it unless you reconciled the Expenses:Home Repairs account. (unlikely) Each account (and thus each split) is reconciled independently with their own flags set.

So if you reconcile your credit card account to your credit card statement, and then in a historical transaction change the other account splits, the flag for the credit card split will not change. But if you try to change the credit card split to say Checking or a different card, that would unset the flag.

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

It shouldn’t.
> 
> 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?

It means you’ve verified that the amount and transaction number *for this account split* are correct. (I should think the date is part of this too, but I haven’t tested) You are free to change anything else without clearing the flag.

Regards,
Adrien

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> :George
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> 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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