Hi,

On Thu, February 2, 2023 1:32 pm, Phyllis Bruce wrote:
> Derek, I like your solution best.  I've made the mistake of reconciling to
> the balance in my account without waiting for the statement.  It really
> took some head scratching to figure how to correct it later when I did
> receive the statement.  But can you change either the date or the ending
> balance?  In my case, I had an ending balance that was different on the
> official statement.  Hope that's not too convoluted to be understood.

Yes, when you start the reconcile dialog you can enter in the closing date
AND closing balance.  GnuCash tries to give you an option, but you can
(and SHOULD) ensure it is the correct balance for the day.

-derek

>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, February 2, 2023 1:14 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
>> > I am new user who made a mistake in a previous reconcile.
>> > To correct the mistake, I need to change 2 transactions from n to y in
>> the
>> > reconcile field.
>> > I see that is not possible via the program, so do I have to edit the
>> > .gnucash file or is there a better way?
>>
>> Just re-run the reconcile with the same ending date and balance as the
>> previous time, so you can re-reconcile those transactions.
>>
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>> -derek
>>
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