[GNC] Reconciliation Roll Back (Peter Cuthbert)

[Liz]

On Wed, 29 May 2024 22:54:26 -0400
NoobAlice <NoobAlice at airmail.cc> wrote:

> On 2024-05-29 04:39 PM, Peter Cuthbert via gnucash-user wrote:
> 
> > The dates associated with the reconciled/not reconciled flag struck
> > me as an easy way to do a roll back without using the backups.
> > Something along the lines of "if date = [specified
> > reconciliation date] then flag = n" (I have no idea what
> > language is used by the developers. ...
> > So where am I with my data?  I have corrected the £10k which was 
> > 'swopped' and then gone after the error schrapnel.  Some of that I
> > have found and corrected but eventually I had to succumb to a
> > balancing 'fudge it' figure.  With that in place the rest of the
> > reconciliation was correct to the penny.  
> 
> To you and anyone else facing this issue, you can run a transaction 
> report that shows you a history of of the account with reconciled
> dates for every transaction.
> 

Thanks NoobAlice
that is a really useful tip

Thanks to Peter Cuthbert we've got together some really good tips on
what happens when a reconciliation goes awry, and I hope that someone
puts a summary on the wiki.

Liz