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

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

I guess the general ledger would only be useful for transactions that have a transaction date (rather than the entry date) in recent memory. 

Perhaps one could use the last log file to glean more specific data about those recent transactions? I don't open log files as a rule, but I'd assume that you could reconstruct a bit more info from them and then locate the transaction in question. (I know that the log will be using the account ID rather than the human readable name, but there should be human readable data that would jog your mind).

⁣David T. ​

On May 31, 2025, 4:13 PM, at 4:13 PM, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:
>If you are doing account reconciliation as you go along then you can
>redo (you an redo as many times you desire) reconciliation to a date
>that was done last time which would have flagged that transaction as
>not reconciled (unchecked) in the reconciliation window. Then you can
>zero in on the date and the description in there and track it down
>quickly in the account register after completing the reconciliation.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Teixeira <tjteixeira at earthlink.net> 
>Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2025 6:46 AM
>To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>Subject: Re: [GNC] How to find the transaction entered one minute ago
>
>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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