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

[Derek Atkins]

If the account has been reconciled, then you can View -> Filter By -> Status
and unselect cleared and reconciled transactions.  That should reduce the
list and show you the errant transaction.

-derek

On Sat, May 31, 2025 6:45 am, Tom Teixeira wrote:
> If there is only one incorrect transaction, you can calculate the
> difference between the bank statement and the actual balance. Open the
> register for the checking account and use the "Find" command to search
> for entries with that value. While it probably won't be unique since you
> duplicated some other transaction, it is probably a smaller list to
> search.
>
> On 5/31/25 12:16 AM, Larry Gao 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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