info about action field in double-line view

[Dave H]

My workflow is remarkably similar but my transactions are marked as "y"
when they get reconciled :-)

I wouldn't mind also being able to flag a transaction as 'p' = pending for
the pending credit card transactions and 's' = scheduled when I have
scheduled a future transaction in online banking but I was told previously
that it's a binary value even though it transitions from 'n' to 'c' to 'y'
in my world !!!

Cheers Dave H.


On 30 January 2018 at 11:36, Buddha Buck <blaisepascal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here's the workflow that I ideally go through.
>
> During the month, I order something online using a credit card.
>
> When I enter the transaction into GnuCash, the split associated with the
> transaction in the credit card account is tagged "n".
>
> The next day, I check my online banking, and I see that the credit card
> company considers the transaction "pending". I leave it tagged as "n".
> The next day, I check again, and now the transaction is charged against my
> account, and is no longer "pending". I tag the entry in GnuCash as "c",
> cleared.
>
> At the end of the month, I receive my statement, and I run the
> "reconciliation" process in GnuCash. GnuCash automatically cherry-picks
> "cleared" transactions for me, and I look for any discrepancy (transactions
> that haven't cleared, or transactions on the card I don't have recorded,
> etc). When I am satisfied that all is well, I tell GnuCash that the
> reconciliation is complete, and it marks the reconciled transactions as
> "r". In the future, when you go to reconcile the next month, it won't
> consider the ones already reconciled.
>
> GnuCash also shows multiple balances for an account: a current balance, a
> future balance, a reconciled balance, and a cleared balance. At any given
> time, the "cleared balance" should match match what the online banking says
> it should be, the "reconciled balance" matches your last statement balance.
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 7:59 PM Mark Hedges <mark.hedges at weirdvibe.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks all.
> >
> > I don't understand the difference between "cleared" and "reconciled"
> > in Gnucash context.  Someone mentioned that one changes R from "n" to
> > "c" when they see the charge in their bank statement or online
> > banking.  How is that different in terms of information flow from
> > using the reconciliation feature to do exactly the same thing?  I
> > still end up having to cherry-pick individual transactions to make the
> > balance work out.
> >
> > Regarding the Num field, I understand that this would be a check
> > number if anyone paid for much with checks anymore.  For checking visa
> > or ACH transactions, am I supposed to record the transaction number
> > from the bank online balance sheet or statement?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mark
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