Lost Report

Posted by lanman on January 4, 2008, 9:27 am

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>John Pollard wrote:

>> lanman wrote:

>>> Nevertheless, I set the date on the report back to 12/30 when

>>> I

>>> originally reconciled, and it didn't work. The numbers and

>>> items

>>> changed and apparently included transactions entered after the

>>> 12/30

>>> reconciliation.

>>> Is there a way to get a report which mirrors the one done on

>>> 12/30?

>> I think not, if you've changed the account register since the

>> reconcile.

>> If you have the report include all transactions, it's going to

>> include transactions not reconciled ... even the report run as

>> part of the reconcile process does that. If you have added

>> transactions to the account since you reconciled, they're going

>> to appear in the reconciliation report.

>> [I don't use the report, so I have not taken the time to verify

>> in detail, the validity of a recon report for an account that

>> has had transactions added/modified since the reconcile. But a

>> quick glance suggests the report may be "correct", even though

>> not what would have printed at the conclusion of the reconcile.

>> If - a big if - the only difference is in the "uncleared

>> transactions", I don't know why the report wouldn't suffice.]

>> To see the exact same report that would have printed at the

>> conclusion of reconciling, restore a backup, from just following

>> the reconcile, to a temporary folder, and print the recon report

>> from there.

>Ah, I see what you mean John - the OP did say "mirror the one done on

>12/30,". But, what I mean (and what I think he might mean but I could be

>misunderstanding his true intent) is to verify that his Quicken account

>reconciles as to the 12/30 bank statement.

That's all I was trying to do - have the report match the bank
statement. Thanks for your help, I'll know better next time.

It is true, as you say, he may

>have transactions added since the original 12/30. But that should not

>negate the intent of his balancing to the 12/30 statement, unless he ALSO

>wishes to see 'uncleared' transactions exactly as they might have been at

>that point too, right? And since he did say he's using H&B, that might be

>what he needs for auditing purposes. Not sure.

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