Hi, It is unlikely that importing will have caused a reconcile issue, but copying transactions out of the older account certainly could be.
I suggest you open the (new) checking account, go to View -> Filter by.. -> Status and then uncheck everything but "reconciled". This will show you all the reconciled splits/transactions in the checking account, and you can use that to "start over". -derek On Tue, March 1, 2022 11:24 am, Brock Rycenga wrote: > Thank-you for the reply, Derek. Here are some better details. > > 1. I had problems with my checking account - probably because I added > other accounts that fed into/out of that account after I had already > reconciled the checking account. > > 2. At that point, after researching, I felt it best to "re-do" my > checking account. The reconciliation process was hosed, and I felt the > only option was to start over. To do that (and maybe this is the next > part of my problem), I renamed the checking account (e.g., from > "Checking Account" to "Ooops Checking Account). > > 3. I then added a new checking account with the same name as before. > > 4. I then imported 1.5 years worth of transactions. > > 5. After importing I replaced all payroll transactions with split > transactions that I copied from the old account ("Ooops Checking > Account"). Could this be part of my problem? > > 6. After doing all that, and after successfully reconciling all other > accounts, I attempted to do my first reconcile on the checking account > (for the first block of transactions). Unfortunately, that reconcile > wizard came up with -54,257.19 for a starting balance. Ugh! Doomed > again! > > > Brock > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 10:18 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: >> >> HI, >> >> On Tue, March 1, 2022 10:05 am, Brock Rycenga wrote: >> > Someone please tell me there is a way to "reset" the reconcile record >> > for an account. There has to be a way. I am on my 2nd attempt at >> > rebuilding all of my accounts and their corresponding transactions. I >> > have successfully reconciled all but my final checking account. >> > Unfortunately, as soon as I started the first reconcile, it showed an >> > enormous negative starting balance. Why? Where is this coming from? >> >> The reconciled balance is computed from the account at run-time, which >> means you must have some reconciled transactions in the account. >> >> > Why can't I just reset everything for that account - without deleting >> > and re-entering all the transactions? >> >> There is no single button to push to unreconcile, but you can go into >> the >> account register, find all the reconciled transactions, and then click >> on >> the 'y' to unreconcile them. Unfortunately you must do this >> one-at-a-time. >> >> > I realize this has been discussed often, but I cannot find anything >> > that offers a solution. Only the response that the user is doing >> > something wrong, and to not do things wrong. >> > >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > >> > Thanks! >> >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> -derek >> >> -- >> Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 >> de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com >> Computer and Internet Security Consultant >> > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ 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.