[GNC] Reconciliation Roll Back (Peter Cuthbert)

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With all due respect, most of the issues raised by Peter are covered in some way in section 2.9.4 of the Guide, especially in the notes and warnings embedded there. 

A deeper exploration of the different methods a user can implement to recover from some of these more challenging situations might appropriately fit on the wiki. 

⁣David T.​

On May 30, 2024, 8:00 AM, at 8:00 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>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
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