Re: [GNC] Defining Keyboard shortcuts for Menu Functions

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Thanks Jean...

I tried this as follows (while GC was not running):

   ; control-shift-c for csv import:
   (gtk_accel_path "/gnc-plugin-csv-import-
   actions/CsvImportTransAction" "c")
   ; control-shift-o for Ofx import:
   (gtk_accel_path "/gnc-plugin-ofx-actions/OfxImportAction"
   "o")
   
Then I ran GC, and Control-Shift-o and Control-Shift-c  did nothing. 
FWIW I'm running GC version 4.13 on Debian stable. (bookworm) using the
Xfce window manager.

Thanks for trying, I've decided I can live with  Alt-f-i-o  which does
seem to work.

Lincoln


On Wed, 2024-03-06 at 09:38 -0800, Jean Laroche wrote:
> As shown in 
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Keyboard_Shortcuts#Modifying_Keyboard_Shortcuts
> 
> You need to find and edit the file accelerator-map
> Then uncomment the line
> 
> (gtk_accel_path "/gnc-plugin-ofx-actions/OfxImportAction"
> "")
> 
> And modify to this (for example, for Ctrl-shift-o to import ofx).
> 
> (gtk_accel_path "/gnc-plugin-ofx-actions/OfxImportAction" 
> "o")
> 
> Jean
> 
> On 3/6/24 9:14 AM, Lincoln A Baxter wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I've just spent 45 minutes searching the web, and GC docs for how
> > to a
> > new keyboard shortcut.
> > 
> > The shortcut I want define would be to File->Import->Import OFX/QFX
> > 
> > Can someone provide me with enough information so that I can do
> > this?
> > 
> > I have no problem editing text configuration files.
> > 
> > I would need to know the function-name for this action, and how to
> > bind
> > a key to that function in a configuration file GC will read.
> > 
> > TIA,
> > 
> > Lincoln
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[GNC] Defining Keyboard shortcuts for Menu Functions

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Hi

I've just spent 45 minutes searching the web, and GC docs for how to a
new keyboard shortcut.

The shortcut I want define would be to File->Import->Import OFX/QFX

Can someone provide me with enough information so that I can do this?

I have no problem editing text configuration files.

I would need to know the function-name for this action, and how to bind
a key to that function in a configuration file GC will read.

TIA,

Lincoln
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Re: [GNC] Bank of Amerca OFX transaction downloads (broken)

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Thanks for the information.

This is awful! 

I fear that this newer interface (with quicken) is probably is an
undocumented protocol, that will be impossible to reverse engineer, if
not impossible, would support from BAC and/or quicken which will be
really hard to get.  G

😞


On Wed, 2022-11-16 at 17:02 -0800, Glenn Serre wrote:
> Good afternoon,
> 
> Here's a possibly informative link to a quicken support post that
> claims Bank of America has discontinued support for DirectConnect.
> https://www.quicken.com/support/why-am-i-receiving-message-about-my-bank-america-accounts
> 
> -- Glenn S.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 6:41 PM Lincoln A Baxter
>  wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been using the aqbanking interface for downloading
> > transactions in
> > GC for years.
> > My last successful transaction downloads were on 10/28.
> > 
> > When I just tried, it failed, with following in the log:
> > 
> >    AqBanking v6.2.10.0stable
> >    Sending jobs to the bank(s)
> >    Sorting commands by account
> >    Sorting account queues by provider
> >    Send commands to providers
> >    Send commands to provider "aqofxconnect"
> >    Locking customer "1"
> >    Sending request...
> >    Connecting to server...
> >    Resolving hostname "eftx.bankofamerica.com" ...
> >    IP address is "171.161.102.26"
> >    Connecting to "eftx.bankofamerica.com"
> >    Error connecting to "eftx.bankofamerica.com": Connection refused
> >    Could not connect to server
> >    Network error while sending request
> >    Unlocking customer "1"
> > 
> > Has anyone else experienced issue with ofx download from Bank of
> > America in the last 2 week?
> > 
> > Nothing has changed on my end. When I called the bank, I learned
> > that
> > there was a software release on 11/11 "related to issues involving
> > quicken, quickbooks, ..."
> > I asked the associate I talked to open a tech ticket.  She said it
> > would take a week for them to get back to me.  I'll report what I
> > hear
> > if I hear.
> > 
> > If you use ofx transaction downloads with the Bank, try it.  If its
> > broken for you too, call the deposit's customer support line (on
> > the
> > back of your debit card). The more calls the faster it will be
> > fixed.
> > They prioritize issues by the number customers affected.
> > 
> > Lincoln
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[GNC] Bank of Amerca OFX transaction downloads (broken)

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Hi, 

I've been using the aqbanking interface for downloading transactions in
GC for years.
My last successful transaction downloads were on 10/28.

When I just tried, it failed, with following in the log: 

   AqBanking v6.2.10.0stable
   Sending jobs to the bank(s)
   Sorting commands by account
   Sorting account queues by provider
   Send commands to providers
   Send commands to provider "aqofxconnect"
   Locking customer "1"
   Sending request...
   Connecting to server...
   Resolving hostname "eftx.bankofamerica.com" ...
   IP address is "171.161.102.26"
   Connecting to "eftx.bankofamerica.com"
   Error connecting to "eftx.bankofamerica.com": Connection refused
   Could not connect to server
   Network error while sending request
   Unlocking customer "1"
   
Has anyone else experienced issue with ofx download from Bank of
America in the last 2 week?

Nothing has changed on my end. When I called the bank, I learned that
there was a software release on 11/11 "related to issues involving
quicken, quickbooks, ..."
I asked the associate I talked to open a tech ticket.  She said it
would take a week for them to get back to me.  I'll report what I hear
if I hear.

If you use ofx transaction downloads with the Bank, try it.  If its
broken for you too, call the deposit's customer support line (on the
back of your debit card). The more calls the faster it will be fixed.
They prioritize issues by the number customers affected.

Lincoln

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[GNC] Questions about Import Map Data

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Hi, 

It's been a very long time since I asked a question on this list serve,
and a very long time since I last did a "cleanup" of my GC file (with
perl scripts back then).  

I started keeping my accounting data in GC back in March of 2005.  Now
I'm looking to reorganize my chart of expense accounts (again) to
simplify things... when I do that, I'll want to remove the obsolete
Bayes data (again).

I have a general idea of how the Bayesian import mapper works... Years
ago I wrote some perl scripts to prune it out of the uncompressed XML
file, so I could start it over.  But, I'm now looking at the  Tools ->
Import Map Editor which I will (belatedly say) is a huge improvement
over mucking about with the xml slot data -- which now looks to be
simplified), especially if all one wants to do, is zero it out.  But,
this has lead me to some questions:

Most of the Bayes data is space tokenized transaction description data.
I get that part.  My understanding is that it is scores in this data
that the matcher uses to map transactions to a balancing account.   But
I see data, that could not of come from transaction descriptions.  Why
are days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc)  in the Bayes data?  Where
does this data come from? How does this help the transaction mapper?

It looks like the Non-Bayesian data consist of a full (non-tokenized)
transaction descriptions... at least a few of them (nowhere near all of
them... not even close).  Given how few I've got (and how old they
appear to be), I don't under stand why this data is here.  It is almost
like this was an early attempt to create transaction matching data,
that might have existed since before the bayesian matcher "matured."
So:

Why does gnucash have these records (and how did they get created)? 
Are these records used in transaction mapping? (anymore)... or does
this display exist simply for the purpose of allowing one to nuke them?

Thanks

Lincoln






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Re: [GNC] .deb package

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Hey everyone, the event I've been waiting for just happened.

https://tracker.debian.org/news/1012613/gnucash-133-2-migrated-to-testi
ng/

GunCash 3.3-2 was just migrated to Debian testing. It was blocked for a
long time because it did not work in all architectures.

As I understand it, Ubuntu releases are typically based on Debian
Testing.
And many people run Debian testing. I was unwilling to upgrade to
Testing unil GC was there. But I'll be doing that soon now.

Any Debian based distro, that is based on testing would most likely be
able to load the testing .deb GC

Lincoln


On Mon, 2018-12-24 at 11:11 -0800, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> On 12/23/18 8:54 PM, Andrew Clark wrote:
> > Thanks Stephen,
> >
> > How is this different to the package in the testing distribution by 
> > Dmitry Smirnov that's listed as 3.3-2+b2 
> > (https://packages.debian.org/buster/gnucash)? Is it based on his 
> > package? Will it be merged with the main debian packages?
> >
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> I don't know about Dmitry's package.  I simply pulled the source from 
> Github (where the developers keep the latest source) and checked out the 
> appropriate tag/branch to build on my Ubuntu 18.04 box.
> 
> Based on the 3.3-2+b2, I am presuming that Dmitry used the second commit 
> after the 3.3 tag as his code.  At least if I interpret John's 
> explanation correctly.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> 
> >
> > On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 04:54, Stephen M. Butler  > > wrote:
> >
> > I heard back from the user that requested a .deb package of GnC for
> > Ubuntu 18.04.  Apparently it is working well for him.
> >
> > So, for others that might want to check this out on other debian
> > platforms, here is a link to the folder on my Google Drive:
> >
> > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fV_fURy6c77e7gf6S41lTacM7dFyy7VD
> >
> > There I have the following:
> >
> >   3.3-0  This has the 3.3 tag on it in git source
> >
> > 3.3-153 and 3.3-159  From when the recent maint fixes were merged
> > into
> > the main-line (master)
> >
> > 3.3-170 from maint branch back on the 9th.
> >
> > Note that these are compiled and built on a Ubuntu 18.04 box using
> > checkinstall to create the .deb file.
> >
> > --Steve
> >
> > -- 
> > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
> > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com 
> > kg...@arrl.net 
> > 253-350-0166
> > ---
> > GnuPG Fingerprint:  8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8
> >
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Andrew.
> 
> 
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Re: [GNC] Gnucash 3 in the Debian / Ubuntu pipeline?

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Just curious...  It has been almost a year since Gnucash was removed to
Debian testing.

It has (re)entered SID on 7/4, and there it sits...

Who is responsible for working on the "excuses" for why is stays in
SID: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gnucash, and has not migrated to
Testing?

Lincoln


On Thu, 2018-07-05 at 00:39 -0600, Bert Riding wrote:
> I spoke too soon.  1:3.2-1 is now out in the unstable Debian repo.
> 
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:52:51 +0800
> Plutocrat  wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been troubled by the lack of Gnucash activity in Debian/Ubuntu
> > repositories. I previously used getdeb, which went silent around
> > September 2017. I tried contacting the owners, but no reply. There
> > was also an attempt on Launchpad to provided more recent versions via
> > a PPA, but that also went inactive a few years back. Again I tried to
> > contact the owners, but no response. And the main repos are stuck on
> > 2.6
> > 
> > So for the last week or so I've been looking around, trying to figure
> > out if I can start a PPA of my own, and looking for info on what are
> > the necessary steps to fill it with .deb files. I was initially just
> > looking to do 3.x on Ubuntu 18.04. Still haven't figured out exactly
> > how this works. 
> > 
> > However I just came across this in my research. If I read it
> > correctly, then it seems that 3.2 is being added to Debian Sid and
> > so, eventually, to Ubuntu 18.10. Possibly it will be backported then
> > to 18.04 and maybe even 16.x
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnucash/1:3.2-1
> > 
> > Here's hoping. 
> > 
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Re: [GNC] I just looked at Debian Testing (buster)... and GC 3.2 is finally there.

[Lincoln A Baxter]

I was mistaken... this is just the docs... :-( The rest of the GC is
only in SID,
On Mon, 2018-07-30 at 21:43 -0400, Lincoln A Baxter wrote:
> For those trying to install 3.2 on distros based on debian testing
> (currently buster), it looks like gnucach has finally made it in. 
> 
> Version: 3.2-1
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/buster/gnucash-docs
> 
> I usually run testing... but decided I was happy with what I had, and
> would wait until it was back in testing before I did my next "dist-
> upgrade."  It's been a while.
> 
> :-D
> 
> Lincoln
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[GNC] I just looked at Debian Testing (buster)... and GC 3.2 is finally there.

[Lincoln A Baxter]

For those trying to install 3.2 on distros based on debian testing
(currently buster), it looks like gnucach has finally made it in. 

Version: 3.2-1

https://packages.debian.org/buster/gnucash-docs

I usually run testing... but decided I was happy with what I had, and
would wait until it was back in testing before I did my next "dist-
upgrade."  It's been a while.

:-D

Lincoln
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Re: Dealing with a large QIF file

[Lincoln A Baxter]

On Mon, 2017-12-25 at 00:46 +, cliffhan...@gardener.com wrote:
>    Thanks. Yes one can import one at a time but this cheque ac from
>    Quicken is huge and has references to other card accounts as
> categories
>    within it. These accounts don't exist anymore and gnucash is
> trying to
>    create them as part of the import. This is something I'd like to
> avoid.
>    Hope this makes sense. Cliff
> 
>     Original Message 
>    Subject: Re: Dealing with a large QIF file
>    From: Colin Law
>    To: Cliff McDiarmid
>    CC: gnucash-user@gnucash.org
> 
>  You should be able to export one account at a time from Quicken,
> I
>  think. Then import them one at a time.
>  Colin
>  On 24 December 2017 at 19:02, Cliff McDiarmid wrote:
>  > Hi
>  >
>  > I'm importing a large QIF file(a current a/c)about 6000
> entries.
>  > There are about a dozen other a/c's from Quicken, now closed,
>  > associated with this large file. When importing, Gnucash seems
> to
>  > want to create these defunct a/c's to 'balance the books'. I
>  assume
>  > there isn't any way of avoiding this. The whole thing looks
> like
>  it
>  > will be horrendous. I've imported some small credit card a/c's
>  already
>  > with success, but they were not any of these other closed
>  accounts.
>  >
>  > Any advice please.
>  > thanks
>  >
>  > Cliff

You might want to try editing the QIF file, and change all the
different categories referring legacy card accounts to one name.  Call
it "Legacy Card" or something like that.

In Quicken there was not enforcement of consistency of category
names... Quicken just said "ok" to what ever you put it.  It is pretty
loosy goosy.  But after you get things into GC, you can clean it up. I
was start, as a said, with the pre cleanup.  It is likely to make your
conversion easier.

Lincoln


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Re: Receipt scanners, recommendations?

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Canon Canoscan 8800f works fine with xsane. When I was shopping for a
scanner, I used the SANE list to find a compatible scanner:

http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html

Lincoln

On Thu, 2017-12-21 at 19:42 +, jeffrey black wrote:
> I am using GnuCash (Windoze version) to track multiple sets of
> books.  
> My personal, my farm, my wife's business, and for another family
> members 
> personal and business.  Needless to say I am buried up to my ears in 
> receipts and would like to go paperless by storing the images in 
> GnuCash.  My flatbed scanner works but; is not a reasonable option.
> 
> Right now, my budget would have to be a maximum of about $400 USD. 
> I 
> need to scan everything from 2 inch wide thermal receipts up to to
> full 
> size 8 1/2 X 11  inch receipts.
> 
> As soon as I can replace several legacy apps I intend to ditch
> Windoze 
> and move everything over to Unix (probably Ubuntu), so compatibility 
> would be an issue.
> 
> I would like to hear your recommendations.
> 
> ---JEffrey Black M.B.A.
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Re: [Solved] - OFX failing for Bank Of America Checking

[Lincoln A Baxter]

Have you downloaded transactions from BAC in the past using Quicken ? 
If so, you are probably already setup.

If not, you will have to call the Bank and ask for it saying you want
to download your transactions using Quicken. 

They have to set it up for you... They may charge you for the service
if you you are not a "preferred client" (think "preferred rewards").

When you call them, if you have to, they'll tell you they don't support
GnuCash... they don't even know what GC is. So don't even tell them you
are using GC. You have to go through the setup, as if you are using
Quicken.  Most folks who are familiar with the setup wizard in GC can
fake their way through it.

Lincoln


On Sun, 2017-10-22 at 14:34 -0700, areeye wrote:
> Dear all
> 
> I am new to gnucash and I am trying to set up my BoA Checking account into
> gnucash. As mentioned by Bill and atdixon, I even generated a uuid from an
> online uuid generator. However, I am getting this error below. Any ideas
> what I should be doing?
> 
> Thanks
> Areeye
>  
> 
> 17:14:55 Sending request...
> 17:14:56 Using GnuTLS default ciphers.
> 17:14:56 TLS: SSL-Ciphers negotiated: TLS1.2:RSA-AES-256-GCM:AEAD
> 17:14:56 Signer not found
> 17:14:56 Certificate is not trusted
> 17:14:56 Waiting for response...
> 17:14:57 Parsing response...
> 17:14:57 Parsing response
> 17:14:57 Status for signon request: General error (Code 2000, severity
> "ERROR")
> Error other than those specified by the remaining error codes. (Note:
> Servers should provide a more specific error whenever possible. Error code
> 2000 should be reserved for cases in which a more specific code is not
> available.)
> 17:14:57 Status for account info request: General error (Code 2000, severity
> "ERROR")
> Error other than those specified by the remaining error codes. (Note:
> Servers should provide a more specific error whenever possible. Error code
> 2000 should be reserved for cases in which a more specific code is not
> available.)
> 17:14:57 Operation finished, you can now close this window.
> 
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Re: OFX failing for Bank Of America Checking

[Lincoln A Baxter]

I am a BAC customer.

This has been working for me for at least the last several years, ever
since I first set it up. 
The last time I down loaded transactions was Sep 8. (successfully)
This email triggered me to try it this evening.

I got exactly the same errors as those below.

In the aqbanking setup, I changed the quicken emulation from no
selection to Quicken 2013 (which is the latest offered).

Note that Quicken tends to desupport software 3 years after it is
released... 

It still did not work with exactly the same error.
I think everyone who was using BAC with the current GC is probably
screwed.  When I called the bank, I got now help because this is not
quicken.  I checked my version of aqbanking:

# apt-get install -s aqbanking-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree   
Reading state information... Done
aqbanking-tools is already the newest version (5.6.12-1+b1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 126 not upgraded.

So it appears we not going to be downloading BAC transactions directly
into GC via aqbqnking for a while. I suspect quicken has changed the
software it is providing to the bank... and broken this interface. 

Sadly, I think it is going to take a update to aqbanking to fix this.

:-( :-( 

I was able to download, and import an OFX file.  Interestingly,
however, it did not recognize the account, and I had to select it even
though the routing number and account number it showed me in the import
 dialog were correct.  I suspect the OFX files have changed somewhat as
well, which might be consistent with Quicken being updated at BAC.

Lincoln

BTW: I've decided since GnuCash has been removed from Debian stretch --because 
it depends on desupported packages removed from stretch --
(THIS IS VERY BAD), that I am not going to do any significant upgrades
until I absolutely have to. 


On Thu, 2017-09-28 at 21:09 -0400, Bill Starrs wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Starting early this week, transaction and balance downloads started
> to
> fail for Bank of America.  Settings still match what is referenced on
> the OFX config pages.  I log into the website with the same userid
> and
> password I always have used without issue.  No issues with Chase or
> American Express.  
> 
> Has anybody else seen this and gotten anywhere?
> 
> Sanitized log results below, thanks for any insights:
> 
> AqBanking v5.6.12.0stable
> Sending jobs to the bank(s)
> Locking user [-userid-]
> Sending request...
> Connecting to server...
> Resolving hostname "eftx.bankofamerica.com" ...
> IP address is "171.161.207.77"
> Connecting to "eftx.bankofamerica.com"
> Connected to "eftx.bankofamerica.com"
> Using GnuTLS default ciphers.
> TLS: SSL-Ciphers negotiated: TLS1.2:RSA-AES-256-GCM:AEAD
> Signer not found
> Certificate is not trusted
> Connected.
> Sending message...
> Message sent.
> Waiting for response...
> Receiving response...
> HTTP-Status: 200 (OK)
> Response received.
> Disconnecting from server...
> Disconnected.
> Parsing response...
> Parsing response
> Status for signon request: Signon invalid (Code 15500, severity
> "ERROR")
> The user cannot signon because he or she entered an invalid user ID
> or
> password.
> Status for transaction statement request: Signon invalid (Code 15500,
> severity "ERROR")
> The user cannot signon because he or she entered an invalid user ID
> or
> password.
> Unlocking user [-userid-]
> Postprocessing jobs
> Job Get Transactions: finished
> Resetting provider queues
> 
> Bill
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Re: GNUCash value proposition

[Lincoln A Baxter]

If we all had the time and discipline to enter every transaction as it
was made, this is all true. Entering transactions as they are made is
very hard, and without a client that you carry with you it is virtually
impossible, even if one existed, it would be tedious. The fact is the
Bank is that application, they do it for you.  They HAVE to!  The
reason import exists and is widely used (I do), is that it saves the
time of entering all the transactions.  

That said, I review every transaction I import before I complete the
import.  If I don't recognize/remember a transaction, I research it to
verify if I (or my wife) made it and what it was for.  I do this as
part of assigning transactions to balancing accounts.  

I do this for both the Baysian matched tranactions (some transactions
it never gets right), and for the unmatched transactions.  When I find
things out of balance, it is almost always because a transaction was
not matched by the Baysian matcher, which then becomes a double
transaction in the account, or not imported. In the end I believe I
would catch fraud if it occurred. The Bank's math has never been wrong.

There are two wishes I have for the transaction import review window
that would improve this experience:

1) I wish I could edit descriptions, this would be a HUGE improvement,
over trying to remember to go back and find them and edit them
afterwards.

2) I could split transactions in the import window... Same reasons...
but if I could edit transaction descriptions, I would be able to find
them more easily after import, and then split them. I use the imbalance
account to do this when I have to, but it has the draw back of
confusing the Bayesian matcher. 

I'll bet the later (2) is harder than the former. The former would save
a bunch of time.

Lincoln


On Thu, 2017-06-01 at 11:48 -0500, Abhijit Kshirsagar wrote:
> This is a superb note about how reconciliations should be used.
> Abhijit
> 
> On 24 April 2017 at 12:02, Buddha Buck  wrote:
> > I am not a Quicken convert, but I'll point out a benefit of entering your
> > transactions manually as Russell and CM suggest: It gives you a point of
> > comparison when doing a bank reconciliation.
> >
> > The purpose of an account reconciliation is to make sure that your view of
> > your accounts with an outside entity match their view of your accounts with
> > them. If you think you deposited $500 into your bank account, you want to
> > be sure the bank thinks the same thing. If the bank thinks you paid $354
> > via a debit card, you want to be sure that you agree. If you don't agree,
> > then there's a problem -- either the bank made an error, you made an error,
> > or something nefarious is going on.
> >
> > If you import transactions that your bank says you did, then that
> > fraudulent $354 debit card transaction will become part of your personal
> > record of what happened in your account. You won't catch it unless you
> > review your transactions. Reconciliation will say "Yep, the bank says I
> > spent $354, my records says I spent $354, so OK, everything's good". And
> > you're out $354.
> >
> > On the other hand, if you manually enter your transactions, then do a
> > reconciliation, then you will see the $354 transaction from the bank, but
> > not in your records, and you have an opportunity to go "wait, what's up
> > here?" and catch the fraud. You would also catch the $25 birthday check you
> > gave your nephew that he hasn't cashed yet, and the $25 birthday check to
> > your niece that you forgot to record that she *has* cashed. None of those
> > would be noticed if you imported your transaction report from the bank.
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Re: Fixing opening balance for an incorrectly reconciled account

[Lincoln A Baxter]

On Sun, 2017-05-14 at 21:19 -0400, Andrew Gross wrote:
> Greetings -- have looked at a couple of old threads on reconciliation
> issues that come close to this question, but not quite. In two of my
> accounts (one asset; one liability) I committed a transgression; I
> attempted to fix a reconciled transaction.  Since then, I have to put in a
> "fix" to balance each account.  I add a bogus transaction; reconcile; and
> then reverse the transaction.  Essentially, I need to be able to reset the
> opening balance in order to fix this.   I know changing the opening balance
> is not an option; is there an alternative so I can stop using the "bogus
> transaction" method?
> 
> Thanks everyone,
> 

Why not create another transaction from the opening balance account
that represents your correction. Label with a description that will
remind you of why it is there, and then mark it is reconciled. Or, you
could just change the opening balance...

Lincoln
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