Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-14 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 at 17:36, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > To each their own, but that seems like lots of work. > > You can cancel a reconciliation once started, so if you discover > transactions are missing, and can't find the data, just start over later > when

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-14 Thread Adrien Monteleone
To each their own, but that seems like lots of work. You can cancel a reconciliation once started, so if you discover transactions are missing, and can't find the data, just start over later when you do. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue? Regards, Adrien On 12/14/22 11:09 AM, Dr. David

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-14 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 at 17:28, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, you can enter transactions in whatever order you like. > > However you can you only RECONCILE in date-order, because reconciliation > is always "from the beginning of time". So once you reconcile, you cannot > (easily) add

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
David, As noted, the order does not matter, however, there is a quirk. The transactions are listed in the order of entry, for each date. If you have 10 transactions entered for say 2/15/22, that you type in today (with the proper February date) they will appear and will affect the balance in

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If you haven't entered all previous transactions, a reconciliation should be impossible as your records will never match the bank's. That imbalance should be a flag to either track down a data entry error, or missing (or duplicate) transactions. In the case you thought they were all entered,

Re: [GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Yes, you can enter transactions in whatever order you like. However you can you only RECONCILE in date-order, because reconciliation is always "from the beginning of time". So once you reconcile, you cannot (easily) add transactions earlier than the latest reconcile date, and you cannot

[GNC] Does it matter the other transactions are entered?

2022-12-13 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I am starting to enter into GnuCash the transactions starting late February this year. That’s going to be a slow painful process. However, I have had a few transactions today, which I would like to enter too. Does the order the transactions are entered matter, as long as the dates are correct? In