[Kmymoney-devel] [Bug 241855] Reconciliation wizard fails to calculate correct difference

[Jack]

[to the list and not the bug]

On 2010.06.16 02:29, Thomas Baumgart wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241855
> 
> --- Comment #1 from Thomas Baumgart <ipwizard users sourceforge net>   
> 2010-06-16 08:29:42 ---
> http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/online-manual/details.reconcile.html  
> contains some information about the reconciliation process. Maybe, we  
> should add an explanation on what the numbers at the bottom of the  
> ledger mean.
> 
> The left column (statement) contains the ending value of the period  
> as entered by the user in the reconciliation wizard. The centered  
> column (cleared) contains the sum of all transactions in that account  
> that are marked cleared or reconciled (that is all transactions up to  
> and including the entered statement date).
> 
> The right column (difference) shows the difference between the  
> centered and the left column (cleared - ending balance).
> 
> So in the end, the centered column must match the left column and  
> then the difference is zero.
> 
> In case the values seem to be off, it is a clear indication to some  
> problems in history of your transactions (which means prior to the  
> start date of the current reconciliation period). Are they all marked  
> reconciled? If not, please do.
> 
> So as far as I can see, the application works as designed. Maybe, we  
> need to enhance the documentation at this point.

I'll save the and add to the manual.

I have similar problems with reconciliation, in that the starting and  
ending amounts in the reconcile wizard often don't make sense and I  
have to fix manually.