Checkbook Reconcile History

Feature

Starting with Goldenseal accounting software version 3.7, Checking accounts will store a 'history' of reconcile balances, whenever you use the Reconcile command.

Right now we do not use it for anything, but in the future we'll be able to show a reconcile history report, using that data.

Suggested By

Turtlesoft staff.

How to Use

You don't need to do anything-- the data storage will happen automatically. Starting with version 3.7, whenever you use the Reconcile command, Goldenseal accounting software will store the reconcile period and the closing balance.

Technical Details

From a design point of view, using "posted" data like this allows us to fill in reports much faster, but it also runs the risk of showing incorrect numbers if the original data somehow doesn't post properly. We usually use the original data to fill in reports, but we rely on posted data to show a "snapshot" very quickly, without waiting for a search through many thousands of records.

We still aren't sure whether we'll ever need to use this posted reconciling data, but it doesn't use up much space, and may prove to be useful for something, in the future.