[GNC] Reconcile Reset Please

[Brock Rycenga]

Wow! Thanks-a-bunch for the help, Derek! That got me the "reset" that
I was looking for. Much appreciated.

Brock

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 11:30 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>