David, Now that you mention it, indeed :blush:
There were two elements I wanted to bring up: - perhaps the starting balance was entered backwards (due to starting from the Equity account instead of the bank account) - and I wanted to stress the fact the starting balance should be ignored in this case. Carmelo, you messages don't indicate whether you have tried to complete the reconciliation regardless of an incorrect starting balance being presented in the reconcile window. So with this you have two more things to check :) Regards, Geert Op donderdag 14 december 2017 13:05:35 CET schreef D: > Geert, > > That's a nice summary. It's a lot like what is in section 4.4 of the > tutorial. > > David > > On December 14, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Geert Janssens > <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote: > Op donderdag 14 december 2017 07:41:03 CET schreef Carmelo Pagan: > > I guess I stated the issue improperly. I was trying to edit the opening > > balance after a reconciliation attempt had failed. The reconciliation > > difference was exactly the amount of the opening on my paper statement. I > > then realized I had not entered an opening balance amount (using the > > opening balances tab) when I created the account. I then entered an > > opening balance via the Equity:Opening Balances account. When I attempted > > the reconciliation, the “starting balance” in the reconciliation window > > displayed a deficit amount instead of the amount I had entered in the > > Equity account. > > > > I tried several measures in an attempt to get the negative amount in the > > reconciliation to reset to the newly entered opening balance. > > > > These included but were not limited to,................. > > 1. Deleting the previously entered opening balance, hoping I could return > > to the original state Result: Negative starting balance remained > > unchanged 2. Unreconciled all previously reconciled transactions and > > reattempted reconciliation. Result: Same Negative balance displayed, 3. > > Reverted to one of the backup files dated before the first > > reconciliation. Result: Same Negative amount displayed. > > > > Hopefully this sheds some light on the discussion. > > > > Sincerely , > > Carmelo Pagán > > Here is how a reconciliation should be corrected when transactions were > added before the last reconciliation date: > > 1. add the opening balance in your bank account register (assuming you were > reconciling a bank account). The transfer account is Equity:Opening > Balances. Starting from here rather than from Equity:Opening Balances makes > it less likely you enter the transaction backwards. > > 2. start the reconciliation process in the register. *Ignore* the starting > balance. Just make sure you set the end balance to what you expect it to be > (that is what it is on your bank's statement). > > 3. Check the opening balance transaction and optionally any other > transactions you had unreconciled and that appear on the bank statement. > > If the data you entered in gnucash matches your bank statement, this should > now allow you to reconcile, even if the start balance doesn't match up. I > don't know the exact details of how this is calculated but it's known to be > not what you expect when you make corrections after reconciliation. > > So the most important thing to take away from this is to ignore the starting > balance in this case and just continue. > > Regards, > > Geert > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
