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Bank activity and transaction review

Inspect a bank transaction recorded in Books

Follow a recorded bank source to its ledger account and journal view.

Updated 2026-11-11

A bank transaction that is recorded in Institution Books has a different detail view from an unimported source. It shows Recorded in Institution Books and includes the ledger account, method, and Book status for the recorded treatment.

  1. Open the bank transaction from its description or Inspect action.
  2. Check the date, source account, ledger account, and recorded status.
  3. Use View journal entries when you need to inspect the related accounting entries.

Review the recorded result before changing it

The available Edit ledger account action opens the supported editing flow. Read the resulting review carefully, because an already recorded transaction has accounting consequences that a source-only suggestion does not.

A recorded status is not a statement reconciliation certificate. You may still need to compare the account against a statement and complete the relevant reconciliation. Likewise, a later bank correction can require its own source review. If you expected a suggested category but see a recorded account instead, use the displayed accounting state as your starting point. Avoid importing the same bank item again merely to reach the earlier suggestion screen; inspect or correct the existing recorded transaction through the available workflow.

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