[GNC] Reconciliation column in register

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

So you keep mentioning that the starting balance was off. You say you fixed this by de-reconciling two transactions and then were able to proceed. 

Had you tried what I suggested-- that is, ignored the starting balance and then tried reconciling what remained-- I suspect the ending balance would have matched (assuming you didn't try to enter those two transactions a second time), and you would have been clear of this more quickly. 

That's just a surmise on my part, though. 

⁣David T.​

On Aug 26, 2025, 7:06 PM, at 7:06 PM, Terry Carlson <st_carl at msn.com> wrote:
>Thanks for all your help.  It gave me ideas to look for.  In this 
>particular case, 2 transactions that should have been dereconciled 
>weren't and they added up to the amount which explains the difference
>in 
>the starting value.
>
>After spending a month trying to get straightened out, I think I'm 
>seeing, or not seeing things. ;-)
>
>Terry
>
>PS  To post to the mailing list, do I use the address 
>gnucash-user at gnucash.org?  At this juncture, I can't get beyond the
>home 
>page to look for that information.  The links don't work for me now.
>
>On 8/26/2025 5:18 AM, sunfish62 at yahoo.com wrote:
>> So you're saying that after selecting all the matching transactions
>in the reconcile process, you're off by that same discrepancy?
>>
>> The only way I can imagine that happening is that you have
>transactions that are marked reconciled in the amount that you are off
>that are not supposed to have been thusly marked.
>>
>> For your understanding, the starting balance is calculated by GnuCash
>using *every* transaction in the account that has been marked as
>reconciled. This includes transactions in the future as well as the
>past. That's why I asked originally if you might have duplicated the
>transactions.
>>
>> It's not clear to me then how you previously reconciled this account.
>It may be necessary for you to backtrack in the account to the last
>statement that DID balance, and work forward to find the error.
>>
>> Perhaps someone else has some better suggestions?
>>
>> ⁣David T.​
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2025, 11:43 PM, at 11:43 PM, Terry Carlson
><st_carl at msn.com> wrote:
>>> I don't see how the starting balance doesn't matter.  Ignoring the
>>> starting balance, doesn't give me 0 in the "difference" line at the
>>> bottom of the reconcile window.   It shows that I am off by the
>amount
>>> of the correct starting balance and the arbitrary starting balance
>that
>>>
>>> comes up in the Reconcile Window.
>>>
>>>   Will this difference carry on forever?
>>>
>>> This is most frustrating for someone who has done this sort of thing
>>> for
>>> a long time.  It would make more sense to have some easy fixes for
>>> those
>>> who make a mistake.
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
>>> On 8/25/2025 8:59 PM, sunfish62 at yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> Ignore the starting balance. Enter the proper ending balance and
>see
>>>> whether it balances.
>>>>
>>>> David T.
>>>> On Aug 25, 2025, at 9:31 PM, Terry Carlson <st_carl at msn.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      I did as you suggested and dereconciled back 2 statements. 
> Then
>>> I
>>>>      tried to rereconcile but the starting(which I can't change)
>and
>>> ending
>>>>      balances in the reconcile window are wrong and so I don't
>balance
>>> when I
>>>>      redo it.
>>>>
>>>>      What am I missing?  Is there a reconciliation report somewhere
>>> for past
>>>>      reconciliations that I need to get rid of?
>>>>
>>>>      Terry
>>>>
>>>>      On 8/24/2025 12:29 PM,sunfish62 at yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>          Is it possible that the unreconciled transactions are
>>>>          duplicates? Usually, the problem with de-reconciled
>>>>          transactions results in errors on the starting balance. If
>it
>>>>          is truly unclear what is going on, I would de-reconcile
>>>>          everything back to before the July statement and go
>through
>>>>          July and August fresh. ⁣David T.​ On Aug 24, 2025,
>2:04 AM,
>>> at
>>>>          2:04 AM, Terry Carlson <st_carl at msn.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>              This month imported my data from Quicken 2017 into
>>>>              GnuCash. After importing, I reconciled my CitiVisa for
>>> the
>>>>              statement ending July 4 and it balanced.  Now 2
>>>>              transactions from that reconciliation are
>>>>              unreconciled.  This is creating a problem in my
>CitiVisa
>>>>              account. I tried reconciling my CitiVisa for the
>>> statement
>>>>              ending Aug 6 but apparently the 2 unreconciled
>>>>              transactions from the July 4 statement are creating a
>>>>              problem. They are giving me headaches trying to do
>this
>>>>              reconciliation. It is taking the beginning balance
>(which
>>>>              is one of the transactions that have become
>unreconciled)
>>>>              and an ending balance that isn't correct.  I can
>change
>>>>              the ending balance to what it should be but then I
>don't
>>>>              balance.  I am off by the amount in the ending balance
>>> for
>>>>              July 4 statement.  That amountis the other transaction
>>>>              that has become unreconciled. It seems to me that if I
>>>>              could get those 2 transactions marked reconciled like
>>> they
>>>>              werr, then the Aug 6 statement should work. I know
>those
>>>>              transactions were reconciled because I balanced but
>now
>>>>              they are unreconciled. In Quicken, when a mistake like
>>>>              this happened, I could manually mark a transaction
>>>>              reconciled.  It seems like that is a problem in this
>>>>              program.  How do I handle this? Terry Carlson
>>>>             
>>>
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