[GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

[John Reagan]

Well, it took some time, but the problem seems to be solved.  I went 
back a couple of years and eventually found some errors associated with 
some fraudulent activity on my account.  I also did some work fixing 
errors in an associated savings account. When I finished that, all my 
previously correct reconciled balances were wrong.  So, I continued 
searching for errors, until all those reconciled balances agreed with my 
bank statements.  I was finally able to balance my account for the 
current month, but the beginning balance in the reconcile window still 
showed a false, negative amount.  Until this morning when I finally 
balanced last month (Oct 2023).  Suddenly, that beginning balance is now 
correct.  I still have no idea just what caused that false value to show 
up, but things are working correctly now.

Thanks for all your help!   :>)

John Reagan


On 11/21/23 4:39 PM, John Ralls wrote:
> Oops, I guess you don't *quite* get how to use the mailing list: Always use reply-all so that your reply goes to the list, not just to the person you're replying to.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>> On Nov 21, 2023, at 4:23 PM, sailing <sailing at together.net> wrote:
>>
>> Great! Thank you.
>>
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>> +}
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>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
>> Date: 11/21/23 6:49 PM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: Elven Decker <sailing at together.net>
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.
>>
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>>
>>> On Nov 21, 2023, at 12:35 PM, Elven Decker <sailing at together.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not sure how to use this help thread, but I have had a similar problem years ago which recently started happening again.  I solve it by exiting the reconciliation window and then re-opening it. When the small reconcile information window opens, I click on the "Statement Date" drop-down and choose the correct date by hand. This forces some kind of re-computation of the beginning and ending balances.
>> You seem to have figured out the mailing list.
>>
>> No need to quit and restart the reconcile, though: You can edit the reconcile information with Reconcile>Reconcile Information... from the reconcile window's menu.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
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