[Kmymoney] Reconcilling statement

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

On Tuesday 08 December 2015 13:32:09 Jack wrote:

> On 2015.12.08 13:24, W. Harris wrote:
> > I have been using KMymoney for two months now. When I go to reconcile
> > my statement I have not been able to enter anything into the
> > "starting balance of this statement" field. The field will not let me
> > enter anything. I must be doing something wrong, but cannot figure it
> > out.
> 
> William,
> 
> You are not  doing anything wrong.  The starting and ending balances on
> the reconcile wizard should be treated as read only.  They indicate
> what the program thinks.

The ending balance field is calculated but writable. The user should enter the 
value printed on the bank statement, so that the reconcile process will show 
correct results. The starting balance indeed is calculated and read-only. It 
must match the starting balance printed on your statement. Otherwise, the last 
reconciliation is wrong.

To get a correct value into this field, use the account dialog to enter an 
opening balance. This is the starting balance of the first statement you try 
to manage with KMyMoney. Once you have this entered, you will find an opening 
balances transaction in the ledger. From there on, the starting balance should 
match.

If not, I might have forgotten something. It is so long ago that I developed 
this stuff.


>  If you have never reconciled that account, I
> believe it will show $0.  If you have reconciled before, it should show
> the previous ending balance.  The ending balance it shows is the
> previous ending balance (total account adding all transactions marked
> as Reconciled) plus all transactions marked as Cleared up to the date
> of reconciliation.  You can continue to mark transactions as cleared
> after you have started the reconciliation process, but I find it is
> easier to get all transactions marked correctly before you start.  That
> way, the ending balance it shows really should match the ending balance
> on the statement against which you are reconciling.
> 
> Let us know if you still have problems.  The reconciliation process
> becomes much more obvious once you recognize how it works, but until
> then, it does seem to be confusing.  Once you have gotten through it,
> if you have any suggestions for improving the description of the
> process in the handbook, let us know.  I'll be glad to edit.  The
> problem is that for those of us who have used KMM for many years, it's
> just hard to remember how hard it was to get started.

Yes, see above.

Thomas


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Thomas Baumgart

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