[GNC] Reconcile Reset Please

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Tue Mar 1 11:30:43 EST 2022


Hi,

It is unlikely that importing will have caused a reconcile issue, but
copying transactions out of the older account certainly could be.

I suggest you open the (new) checking account, go to View -> Filter by..
-> Status   and then uncheck everything but "reconciled".  This will show
you all the reconciled splits/transactions in the checking account, and
you can use that to "start over".

-derek

On Tue, March 1, 2022 11:24 am, Brock Rycenga wrote:
> 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!
>>
>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> --
>>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>
>


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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant



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