[GNC] Change Reconcile Starting Balance

[John Ralls]

I mean in the register that you’re trying to reconcile. How many transactions are in the register?
If it is more than one, are any of them reconciled?

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Jun 30, 2018, at 7:56 AM, Roger Miskowicz <rmisko11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not sure what you mean but here is the dialog box.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Because there is a difference I have to cancel and start again.
> 
> Is there any that I can force all transactions in the account to be
> unreconciled?
> 
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 10:08 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com <mailto:clanlaw at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>> What did you see at the start of the reconcile?  You can cancel the
>> reconcile and start again.
>> 
>> Colin
>> 
>> On 30 June 2018 at 15:00, Roger Miskowicz <rmisko11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> At the beginning of the account I did:
>>> 
>>> 2017-12-31  Opening Balance:  1,691.19
>>> 
>>> Then with no other transactions I Reconciled with end date 2018-01-01
>> which
>>> yielded the following result:
>>> 
>>>     Statement Date: 2018-01-01
>>>    Starting Balance:    1,798.89
>>>      Ending Balance:   1,691.19
>>> Reconciled Balance:   1,798.89
>>>              Difference:     -107.70
>>> 
>>> With only one entry shouldn't all the balances be identical?
>>> 
>>> Anyway, in this case I would like to be able to set the starting balance
>> to
>>> 1,691.19 then I believe the reconcile might work as I expect?
>>> 
>>> Am I misunderstanding something?
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 8:55 AM, D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Only manually, a transaction at a time.
>>>> 
>>>> What happens if you ignore the opening balance, enter the correct
>> closing
>>>> balance, and reconcile then?
>>>> 
>>>> Often, if there's an inconsistency in the opening balance, you can
>> proceed
>>>> with reconciling, mark your current transactions and any earlier ones
>> that
>>>> were missed before (such as your opening balance transaction, say), and
>>>> they balance out.
>>>> 
>>>> David
>>>> 
>>>> On June 30, 2018, at 8:23 AM, Roger Miskowicz <rmisko11 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks Colin.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there anyway I can clear all reconcilation of the the account and
>> start
>>>> again from scratch?
>>>> 
>>>> Roger
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> The starting balance in the reconcile start dialog will be the nett
>>>>> balance of all reconciled transactions so far. Is this the first time
>>>>> you have reconciled it?  If not then it should be the same as the
>>>>> ending balance the last time you reconciled, unless you have editted a
>>>>> reconciled transaction.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Colin
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 30 June 2018 at 13:08, Roger Miskowicz <rmisko11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I am using GC Version 3.2 and trying to reconcile my Credit Card
>>>> Account
>>>>>> which I started at the beginning of the year with an opening
>> balance.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I would like to reconcile the account from the opening balance but I
>>>>> don't
>>>>>> know how to set the 'starting balance' which happens to be some
>> number
>>>>> that
>>>>>> doesn't seem relevant.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can the 'starting balance' in 'reconcile' be manuallly set, and if
>> so,
>>>>> how?
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