[GNC] Reconcile Reset Please

[Brock Rycenga]

Thank-you for the reply, Derek. Here are some better details.

1.  I had problems with my checking account - probably because I added
other accounts that fed into/out of that account after I had already
reconciled the checking account.

2. At that point, after researching, I felt it best to "re-do" my
checking account. The reconciliation process was hosed, and I felt the
only option was to start over. To do that (and maybe this is the next
part of my problem), I renamed the checking account (e.g., from
"Checking Account" to "Ooops Checking Account).

3. I then added a new checking account with the same name as before.

4. I then imported 1.5 years worth of transactions.

5. After importing I replaced all payroll transactions with split
transactions that I copied from the old account ("Ooops Checking
Account"). Could this be part of my problem?

6. After doing all that, and after successfully reconciling all other
accounts, I attempted to do my first reconcile on the checking account
(for the first block of transactions). Unfortunately, that reconcile
wizard came up with -54,257.19 for a starting balance. Ugh! Doomed
again!


Brock

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 10:18 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> HI,
>
> On Tue, March 1, 2022 10:05 am, Brock Rycenga wrote:
> > Someone please tell me there is a way to "reset" the reconcile record
> > for an account. There has to be a way. I am on my 2nd attempt at
> > rebuilding all of my accounts and their corresponding transactions. I
> > have successfully reconciled all but my final checking account.
> > Unfortunately, as soon as I started the first reconcile, it showed an
> > enormous negative starting balance. Why? Where is this coming from?
>
> The reconciled balance is computed from the account at run-time, which
> means you must have some reconciled transactions in the account.
>
> > Why can't I just reset everything for that account - without deleting
> > and re-entering all the transactions?
>
> There is no single button to push to unreconcile, but you can go into the
> account register, find all the reconciled transactions, and then click on
> the 'y' to unreconcile them.  Unfortunately you must do this
> one-at-a-time.
>
> > I realize this has been discussed often, but I cannot find anything
> > that offers a solution. Only the response that the user is doing
> > something wrong, and to not do things wrong.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks!
>
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> -derek
>
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