Balancer's transaction matching screen enables you to see all of the different postings between your inter-entity loan accounts, matched side-by-side. This makes it easy to spot where there have been any posting discrepancies.
Balancer will automatically match transactions when it appears they are related. However, if you notice a match that doesn't look right, you can override it. Likewise, if you see two or more transactions that are related but Balancer hasn't automatically matched, you can match these manually.
How to edit transaction matches
There are two locations you can edit from:
From within the 'transaction details' screen of any intercompany loan, either:
Click the small spanner icon next to the date
Click on 'Edit transaction matches' up the top left
Once you have completed step 1, then either:
Locate the match you want to separate:
Tick the box on one side of the transaction
Click on the 'Separate Transaction' button to remove the match
Locate the transactions you want to match:
Tick the box on all relevant transactions (on both side of the loan accounts)
Click on the 'Group Transaction' button to match them
Note: if you manually override matches and then later edit the transactions in your accounting file (even if you don't change the value of the transaction), this will remove the manual match you have created.
This is because when you edit a transaction in Xero or QBO it generates it as a new transaction which we receive via the API and the old transaction is voided/deleted, and we are unable to link these two transactions so we are unable to keep the match.
How to edit transaction type
When Balancer auto-generates your transaction matches, it identifies if this is a loan, FX adjustment, repayment, reversal, Recharge, BRAG transaction or leaves it as unknown.
If the type of transaction has been identified incorrectly, you can edit this in the 'Edit transaction matches' (shown above):
Head to 'Edit transaction matches'
Locate the match
Select the match
Click 'Change type'
Select the correct transaction type