BG Pro 6 Question

[John435]

Just a quick query.  I've noticed some new buttons on screen BS421S01 above the "C" and "Not C".  I now have a button with a "tick", a "V" and "not V" when hovering the cursor over them the balloon say the same as for the "C" & "Not C", but they actually mark the transactions with a tick or V.  So I can now have a C, V and a tick against each transaction.  Also next to the C is a button with a C and a green up arrow which for my current account is inactive and below the Not C are a green up arrow and green down arrow button.  What are the significance of these additional ones please?   

Thanks John

[ideasguy]

Hi John

The V and ? buttons are new in Bank Genie Pro 6

Yes, I need to change the balloon text for the V and the ? (I hope you see that instead of a tick???)

The V is for Verified.
Use it as you will. I added it for ATM transactions. If I enter them before the statement arrives (or I go online) its to verify that I made the transaction.

The ? is to mark any transaction you have a query over.
Again, use it as you wish.

The program allows one or the other per transaction - never both

Can you folk find a use for them?

 

[John435]

Sorry George, my mistake it is a "?"  Not sure where I got the tick from! 

John

[ideasguy]

No need to apologise John
I hope to get to adding that and many other things to the User Guide soon.

[barryl]

I use V frequently

I have an America Express card with a second card for my wife. The monthly statement is split into my debits (first) with a total and then ,y wife's debits (with a total).

To reconcile the account I first move all unreconciled transactions to "999997" and then move them into the current month ("include") one at a time to match the statement.

Once I have verified my total, correcting any issues (like debits I have forgotten to record :-) ) I then mark all the transactions "V" so that when trying to find and correct any errors in my wife's total I know I dont need to look at those.

[ideasguy]

I'm pleased you have found a use for that V button Barry.

My wife and I also have a card each for an American Express credit card.
I was aghast at the presentation of transactions in their statements!
Same as yours - ours show a list of my transactions first, Marys next.

That could not be achieved in Bank Genie so - I made a change to Bank Genie Pro 6
It does now

You have the latest updates, so try this.

Heres the process, as I use it.
In Manage Transactions-BS421, set the Display order to Cheque No.
Its a credit card so Cheque number is not used. (in fact cheques are a little on the wane nowadays)
I put G in the cheque number field for my transactions.
I put M in the cheque number field for Marys transactions.
With that method the G transactions are listed at the beginning, the M transactions are listed below.
When all reconciled, I switch back to Display order = Bank Date again (my preferred Display order).
All transactions are now listed in Date order.

Note: For the technically minded
This method will not work in previous versions as I had to make an amendment to the Cheque number index code.
The Index is actually Cheque Number + Date, to make the transactions flow in date order in the G list, then the M list.

[barryl]

That's neat. A bit tedious inserting the codes post facto but certainly does the job.

I do use V in other contexts; for example reconsiling a bank statement which turns a page. If the total at the bottom of the page matches I use V to mark those that have been verified so far.