[GNC] Reconciliation discrepancies

[R. Victor Klassen]

Well that would implicate data corruption 

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> On Apr 12, 2022, at 10:20 AM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Reconciled entries *are* marked read only. If you aren't getting a notice on editing, it's because you told gnucash not to notify you any more. That can be reset somewhere in the preferences. 
> 
> David
> 
> 
>> On April 12, 2022 5:25:51 AM PDT, "R. Victor Klassen" <rvklassen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I run into such issues once in every one or two blue moons.  The starting balance is off.
>> I’ve reconciled successfully the previous month, but something somehow (dis)appeared in the meantime.  I assume it disappeared, although the symptoms could be generated by something appearing.
>> 
>> I hope it’s more than a year old, and live with it.  Meaning I do a balance adjustment and move on.
>> 
>> It’s disturbing, but the size of my file is such that I have no reasonable means of tracking down whatever may have happened.
>> 
>> Possible that it’s user error, but unlikely.  Possible that it results from one of the periodic crashes I experience, or power failures, that appear to be fully recovered from at the time.  Pretty much impossible to reproduce.
>> If it is due to user error, that would be an argument in favour of the ability to mark old transactions as read-only.  Yes I’m very aware that “read-only” can be worked around.  But when it’s about protecting one from oneself, that kind of read-only could be useful.  If it’s due to bit rot/power glitches/crash recovery, not so much.
>> 
>>> On Apr 12, 2022, at 6:09 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:36:41 -0700 (PDT)
>>> Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Every now and then one of my bank accounts doesn't reconcile because
>>>> what the bank shows differs from what GnuCash shows. The amounts are
>>>> significant. What puzzles me is that the previous month's balances
>>>> (bank and GC) match and so do all the transactions. But, the end of
>>>> month balances don't match.
>>> 
>>> Rich when I get into a mess, I do very small increments on the
>>> reconcile. For example, just choosing a date about 10 transactions
>>> down, or one week, and then I will go through very slowly, doing small
>>> chunks. 
>>> Assume this is one month, and I am doing weekly...
>>> I find the bank's ending balance for 7th of month, put 7th of correct
>>> month and the balance from the bank statement into the reconcile
>>> dialogue, and check off that week's items from the bank statement. When
>>> the residual is zero, I mark finished, and move forward to the 14th.
>>> (Procedure loops)
>>> 
>>> By looking at such a small number of transactions it is possible to
>>> find whatever the errors are.
>>> I too have been on Gnucash for a couple of decades, but still found 4
>>> errors in one file this March, payments not entered as received, and
>>> digit transposition.
>>> 
>>> I hope you find what is happening and let us know.
>>> 
>>> liz
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