[GNC] New auto-clear splits pop-up in reconcile

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

Well, then, given that imported transactions can be set to 'C' (which prechecks them in a reconciliation), and a user can change this flag themselves manually in the register, it's not clear what purpose this step would serve in the reconciliation process. I guess it might reduce the overall number of mouse clicks the reconciler needs to do, which I believe is what the original implementer was seeking back in 2010. 

We traditionalists want to confirm that our books agree with the bank's, one transaction at a time. We like having to click each transaction to verify its mutually agreed upon existence. Well, OK, 'like' might be a little strong, but the idea is there. 

Having never used the Autoclear action before, I don't even know what happens after the process runs. Are the transactions set to 'Y' reconciled status? Left at 'C'?

If the latter, it seems to me that those with a large number of transactions could run the Autoclear feature from the Actions menu to set the flag and then jump to Reconciliation having allowed the Machine decide which transactions match the statement. I believe that workflow would still reduce the number of clicks for those users who are counting, while allowing the click happy traditionalists their day in the trenches. 

⁣David T. ​

On Dec 16, 2025, 8:33 AM, at 8:33 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>It looks like it simply checks those off for you. You still have to 
>review and finalize the reconciliation.
>
>However, that brings up an interesting UI point:
>
>Auto-cleared transactions should have some sort of special visual 
>indicator to easily spot them during review. Based on the current UI, 
>that would either have to involve an additional column, or perhaps some
>
>other obvious visual styling of that transaction line, perhaps changing
>
>its font to italic might be easiest. A tooltip would be in order when 
>hovering over such transactions and/or additional language on the
>dialog 
>itself.
>
>Regards,
>Adrien
>
>On 12/13/25 8:04 AM, Fred Bone wrote:
>> That's not the only consideration, though.
>> 
>> Speaking as someone prone to fat-fingering, I would want to know what
>is
>> the consequence of accidentally accepting the auto-clear, perhaps
>without
>> realising it.
>
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