[GNC] Incorrect starting balance for 2019

[Colin Law]

First make a backup copy of your .gnucash file, in fact no doubt you
are backing up your data file regularly anyway.  That is the file that
has the name that you gave it when you first saved it in gnucash and
probably has the extension .gnucash.

Does the account currently match that in the account statement from
the bank or is that what you are trying to correct for?  If you have
been successfully reconciling it against the bank statement then I
don't see how the initial balance can be off.

Colin

On Mon, 10 Feb 2020 at 15:16, Richard Danielson <rdan217 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I moved my accounting from Simply Accounting 7 (something) on Win 7 to
> GC 2.6.19 on ubuntu linux back in January/19.  For starting balances I
> used my trial balance from 2018 on Simply Accounting to get the values
> for Jan 1/19 on GC.  I subsequently worked like a bionic beaver to do
> all my accounting for the year.
>
> Unfortunately, at this very late point in time, I discovered that I
> started the year with an incorrect total on one of my asset accounts.
> If possible, would like to edit this starting amount for Jan 1/19 so
> that things work out correctly afterward and all the way up to the end
> of the year.
>
> Being suspicious of my actions I waited to reconcile any bank or credit
> card accounts, so if it is possible to just change the starting balance
> on that one account, I will happily re-print all of my monthly reports
> and reconcile everything which should be reconciled before going into 2020.
>
> All my life, I have followed the carpenter's rule - "There is always
> time to do a job twice....if you screw up, you have to do it again."  Of
> course, there is always at least one exception, for example - "If you
> cut a board too short, then cut it again!"
>
> Can someone tell me whether in this case, the rule holds or does the
> exception hold?   Thanks.
>
> Rick
>
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