[GNC] Accidentally unreconclied a transaction - how to mark reconciled again?

Stephen M. Butler kg7je at arrl.net
Mon Dec 22 13:30:10 EST 2025


On 12/22/25 04:30, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> 2:25am -0000 12/22/25 Doug <lemans4 at internode.on.net> wrote:
> I stand corrected. As you see I am not an accountant!
>
>> Still good trick to know. Of course I never make mistakes....
> Snarf. In recent weeks, I noticed that debits and credits were reversed
> on entries in two different accounts in the same set of books, preventing
> reconciliation. That couldn't have possibly have been my fault, could it?

Nope.  I am convinced that GnuCash randomly switches splits on me so 
that the transaction is reverse of what it should be. At least that is 
the theory on which I am standing firm at this moment.

This was driven home recently while searching for a missing $80 
transaction.  If I could find it then reconciliation of the bank account 
would finish.  I double checked each transaction twice!  On the third 
pass I wondered why that $40 expense was in the deposit column.  Thought 
I had duplicated that from an early event (which was entered 
correctly).  So, there is my evidence that GnC randomly switches the 
accounts on splits just to mess with my mornings!  I can't believe I'd 
my such an elementary error (denying any PEBKAC issues).


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