Reconciled entries *are* marked read only. If you aren't getting a notice on editing, it's because you told gnucash not to notify you any more. That can be reset somewhere in the preferences.
David On April 12, 2022 5:25:51 AM PDT, "R. Victor Klassen" <rvklas...@gmail.com> wrote: >I run into such issues once in every one or two blue moons. The starting >balance is off. >I’ve reconciled successfully the previous month, but something somehow >(dis)appeared in the meantime. I assume it disappeared, although the symptoms >could be generated by something appearing. > >I hope it’s more than a year old, and live with it. Meaning I do a balance >adjustment and move on. > >It’s disturbing, but the size of my file is such that I have no reasonable >means of tracking down whatever may have happened. > >Possible that it’s user error, but unlikely. Possible that it results from >one of the periodic crashes I experience, or power failures, that appear to be >fully recovered from at the time. Pretty much impossible to reproduce. >If it is due to user error, that would be an argument in favour of the ability >to mark old transactions as read-only. Yes I’m very aware that “read-only” >can be worked around. But when it’s about protecting one from oneself, that >kind of read-only could be useful. If it’s due to bit rot/power >glitches/crash recovery, not so much. > >> On Apr 12, 2022, at 6:09 AM, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: >> >> On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:36:41 -0700 (PDT) >> Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: >> >>> Every now and then one of my bank accounts doesn't reconcile because >>> what the bank shows differs from what GnuCash shows. The amounts are >>> significant. What puzzles me is that the previous month's balances >>> (bank and GC) match and so do all the transactions. But, the end of >>> month balances don't match. >> >> Rich when I get into a mess, I do very small increments on the >> reconcile. For example, just choosing a date about 10 transactions >> down, or one week, and then I will go through very slowly, doing small >> chunks. >> Assume this is one month, and I am doing weekly... >> I find the bank's ending balance for 7th of month, put 7th of correct >> month and the balance from the bank statement into the reconcile >> dialogue, and check off that week's items from the bank statement. When >> the residual is zero, I mark finished, and move forward to the 14th. >> (Procedure loops) >> >> By looking at such a small number of transactions it is possible to >> find whatever the errors are. >> I too have been on Gnucash for a couple of decades, but still found 4 >> errors in one file this March, payments not entered as received, and >> digit transposition. >> >> I hope you find what is happening and let us know. >> >> liz >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> 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 >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >----- >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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
