[GNC] Reconciling different periods?

[Finbar Mahon]

Thanks, Michael, I have been trying that using end March of this year as 
the last 'OK' date but doing it up to latest balance seems to catch 
other errors, so I  was wondering if  I could 'stage' the process.

Looks like D's reply indicates I could do it by varying the closing 
balance to coincide with one I am happy with. Maybe a slight problem if 
the closing balance is duplicated elsewhere? Maybe unlikely.

In fact by a combination of the two replies I can go back to the last 
'good' situation and use the closing balance there as a starting point?

I'll give the ending balance a try.

F

On 11/12/2018 17:56, Michael Hendry wrote:
>> On 11 Dec 2018, at 16:40, Finbar Mahon <mahon.finbar at neuf.fr> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> My reconcile is a bit erratic. So, I thought of trying to find the error by reconciling for different periods. If I put in the date for the last statement for the period I want to check, can I just put in an amount as the ending balance that coincides with the starting period and that way check on a period by period basis?
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>> I know it sounds complicated but I cannot think of a better way of doing it.
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>> Thanks
> Afternoon, Finbar.
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> As a user of GC since 2010 for my personal accounts, I would advise that you step back from this precipice before you jump over it!
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> I urge you go back far enough in your accounts to get to a bank statement that is in exact agreement with your accounts, then work your way systematically forward from that date, correcting any erroneous entries in your accounts as you go.
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> Ideally, you should mark everything beyond the reconciliation date as “unreconciled” and go forward from there - it’s very easy to click on a duplicate transaction and mark it as reconciled, or to miss digit transpositions and other typing errors.
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> Best of luck!
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> Michael
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