[GNC] New Balance entry

[Liz]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:21:20 +0200
Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> After my previous experiences on here, I am almost afraid to ask a
> new question, but, here goes.
> 
> When Reconciling, what exactly is the effect of introducing a "new 
> balance entry" as is available as the first option on the bar.
> 
> There is nothing under the help that I could identify.
> 
> Thanks, Finbar

My simple take is a disaster.
The program inserts a transaction which "balances" the account.
I've made the error once and not done it again, as I had to undo it all
and then fix up the genuine errors in the reconciliation.

Liz