[GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

[Derek Atkins]

Did you set the correct ending balance?

-derek

On Thu, February 2, 2023 2:13 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
> I tried reconcile again per derek suggestion.
> I set the date to the same date as before.
> I clicked the two transactions that need to be reconciled.
> I clicked RECONCILE SELECTION but the FINISH button is grayed preventing
> this process to complete.
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field
>
> Derek, I like your solution best.  I've made the mistake of reconciling to
> the balance in my account without waiting for the statement.  It really
> took some head scratching to figure how to correct it later when I did
> receive the statement.  But can you change either the date or the ending
> balance?  In my case, I had an ending balance that was different on the
> official statement.  Hope that's not too convoluted to be understood.
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM Derek Atkins
> <derek at ihtfp.com<mailto:derek at ihtfp.com>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, February 2, 2023 1:14 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
>> I am new user who made a mistake in a previous reconcile.
>> To correct the mistake, I need to change 2 transactions from n to y in
>> the
>> reconcile field.
>> I see that is not possible via the program, so do I have to edit the
>> .gnucash file or is there a better way?
>
> Just re-run the reconcile with the same ending date and balance as the
> previous time, so you can re-reconcile those transactions.
>
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> -derek
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