WHOOPS!!!
I've just switched from Quicken Essentials to MoneyDance for this year's tax season. The conversion seems to have gone fine, the data all seems to be there, and I've been adding transactions as needed to my check register (I'm using the software for now exclusively like an electronic checking account register, nothing complicated), and I've begun to reconcile. Here is where I goofed: I've reconciled several months, no problems, exporting a backup after each completed month's reconciliation. In the midst of reconciling the current month, I must have hit the wrong key, and instead of the expected behavior, MoneyDance presents me with a new reconciliation window each time, rather than taking me back to the reconciliation in progress. Obviously, the beginning balance number is wrong, and it's asking me for an ending balance, as if starting a new month's reconciliation. I'm sure I must have hit the wrong keys, or clicked in the wrong location, because the 3 or 4 months prior to this all reconciled properly, as expected.
My question is: Since I wasn't confident in my ability to make this switch easily, I've been exporting a backup after each month's reconciliation. Is it possible to use the last backup I did, in order to return to the status quo immediately after the previous month's reconciliation, effectively erasing whatever mistake I made? This seems like the best way to solve this problem, IF it will return me to the data set I had then, AND the cleared/uncleared entries I had as of the last backup. Can anyone advise if this is the case? It seems sensible, but what do I know . . .
Thanks very much for rescuing this noob from his own bone-headed mistake! Looking forward to your input.
bzb
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1 Posted by bzb on 19 Mar, 2017 08:49 PM
I guess I'm also wondering if the better result might be obtained by de-selecting the 'cleared' button on each item I accidentally reconciled. Since I know exactly where I was when I made the mistake, I could quite easily 'un-clear' each item I accidentally cleared. Would this result in going back to the beginning of the reconciliation for that month? Might be easier than re-installing the data from a backup . . .
2 Posted by dwg on 19 Mar, 2017 09:39 PM
If you look at your Moneydance register and look at your bank statements and can see a point where they both match then by all means unclear any transaction newer and then attempt your reconciliation from that point forward.
System closed this discussion on 18 Jun, 2017 09:40 PM.