[GNC] Help with reconcile menu

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The opening balance tallies every transaction that was previously reconciled, regardless of date. The Guide notes that the starting balance is less important than the closing balance. If the closing balance is correct, proceed with your reconciliation and finish when the difference is zero. 

On Feb 5, 2022, 11:41, at 11:41, Martin Dupras <martindupras at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm still relatively new to GnuCash, so I may be misunderstanding
>something.
>
>I have an account for which I have entered several years of
>transactions
>(not as they happening, as an exercise to look at my expenses for the
>last
>three years.)
>
>All of the transaction amounts on the account are correct; but
>somewhere
>along the way something happened which broke the reconciliation. What
>seems
>to happen is that whenever I try to reconcile, the ending balance is
>correct, but the opening balance is wrong.
>
>The opening balance on the account is right, and it's the first
>transaction
>for the account. Yet, when I try to reconcile it, the dialogue window
>shows
>"Starting Balance: £1000.00".
>
>I can't see an invisible transaction anywhere (all boxes ticked in the
>"status" tab of "Sort By").
>
>Can anyone clarify how GnuCash figures out this £1000? If I knew where
>to
>look, I might be able to fix it.
>
>Thanks!
>
>- martin
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