[GNC] How to find the transaction entered one minute ago

[Larry Gao]

Fantastic, it works. Thanks a lot, Christopher.

On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 8:59 AM Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From the register, View > Sort by... > Date of Entry. It'll be the newest
> one.
>
> On Sat, 31 May 2025 at 18:24, Larry Gao <larrygao2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear GNUCash developers and users,
>>
>> I am writing to request assistance with a transaction issue I encountered
>> today. I have been a dedicated GNUCash user for the past five years,
>> manually entering all my bank account and credit card transactions, which
>> amounts to hundreds of thousands of entries.
>>
>> Today, while attempting to duplicate a transaction, I inadvertently
>> selected the wrong one and entered an incorrect date. I discovered this
>> error when my account balance no longer matched my bank statement.
>> Unfortunately, I am now unable to locate this misplaced transaction.
>>
>> Because I do not know which original transaction I mistakenly duplicated,
>> I
>> lack information about its description, amount, or the other involved
>> account.
>>
>> Could you please provide guidance on how I might be able to find the most
>> recent transaction I entered with an incorrect date? Any advice on how to
>> identify and rectify this error would be greatly appreciated. Any way to
>> sort the entries by the time it was entered?
>>
>> BTW, I have encountered similar issue couple of times but luckily I was
>> able to find out quickly. This time it just disappeared in the pile of
>> transactions.
>>
>> Thank you for your time and assistance.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Larry
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