[GNC] What is

[ToddAndMargo]

 > On 30/03/2019 11:19, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
 >> Hi All,
 >>
 >> Version: 3.4
 >> Build ID: 3.4+ (2018-12-30)
 >> Finance::Quote: 1.47
 >>
 >> In my check register, in the heading between "Transfer" and
 >> "Deposit", there is an "R".  What is this and what does it do?
 >>
 >>
 >> Many thanks,
 >> -T

On 3/29/19 5:48 PM, prl wrote:
> The "R" column indicates which transactions have been reconciled. 
> Reconciling is used when your account register should match someone 
> else's version of the register (e.g. the bank's view of the account if 
> the register is a bank account).
> 
> Reconciling is done when you take the other party's (the bank's, for 
> example) statement of the account and compare it with your account 
> register to make sure that they are the same.
> 
> For more details see section 4.4 of the Gnucash The Tutorial and 
> Concepts Guide, http://gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=3&lang=C&doc=guide.
> 
> Reconciliation is a way of checking for errors in either your register 
> or the bank's statement.
> 
> Peter

Thank you!