[GNC] Is it safe to change description of reconciled translation?

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

Changing the description won't change the reconciled status of a transaction in most versions of GnuCash. 

There was a period of time when any edits of a reconciled transaction would cause everything associated with the transaction to de-reconcile, but maybe you're not using one of those versions* (prior to 4.13, which is what I'm using on Windows).

But, ultimately, the worst that could happen (aside from a cataclysmic crash and the end of the world as we know it) is that the transaction gets de-reconciled, and you have to reconcile it again. Not such a big deal. 

⁣David T. ​

* yet another reason to specify your GnuCash version and operating system, BTW.

On Nov 14, 2023, 4:18 PM, at 4:18 PM, Mark at Lorimark <mark at lorimarksolutions.com> wrote:
>Make a back-up of your data and test it.
>
>You can edit notes and memos and it won't change the reconciliation 
>status (when I tested just now).
>
>~mark
>
>On 11/14/23 07:12, David Kirkby wrote:
>> I have a reconciled transaction in my bank account, but the
>description is
>> vague as to what it is. Can I change that safely - I don't need to
>change
>> the amount.
>> 
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