[GNC] Wrong starting balance

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 21 15:40:34 EST 2020


Thanks!

On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 12:08 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> GUID
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> -derek
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> On November 21, 2020 1:02:40 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
>
> wrote:
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> > I know that GnuCash uses an internal thing that you must be calling
> > *identity* rather the text string that appears in the display,  but I
> > couldn't remember what GnuCash called it.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 11:42 AM Fred Bone <Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com>
> wrote:
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> >> On 20 November 2020 at 22:09, David Carlson said:
> >>
> >> > As I started to suggest in my previous email, if a given split line
> >> > contains a 'Y' reconcile status, that implies that the transaction
> split
> >> > line passed a reconciliation process for that account on a certain
> date
> >> > recorded within the data file, but not visible to users.  If the
> account
> >> > name or it's representation in the data file changes in that split
> line,
> >> > or if the transaction date changes as associated with that split line,
> >> > then the 'Y' status should be revoked.
> >>
> >> It's not the account *name* that matters, but the account *identity*.
> The
> >> split only references the name indirectly.
> >>
> >> If my credit card provider renames itself and I rename the relevant
> >> account to match, that should not be a reason for un-reconciling
> >> anything.
> >>
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