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Reconciliation is the core loop of a trial balance binder: take an account, find the number in the workpaper that supports it, and record the tie. Denari does the finding; you do the deciding.

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The normal path

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Open the account

On the Trial balance tab, find the account and click Reconcile account.
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Read the suggestion

Denari highlights the value it believes supports the balance, on the document it believes supports it.
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Approve it

If it’s right, click Approve Reconciliation. That’s the whole interaction for most accounts.
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Or correct it

Click Reject, then click the correct number on the document. If the value lives on a different document, pick that document in the right-hand panel first, then click the number.

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When you can’t click the number

Some values can’t be clicked: a figure inside a scanned image, or a number you need to derive. Reconcile it manually:
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Click the manual reconciliation icon

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Mark the source

On a PDF, drag a box around the area. On an Excel file, click the cell.
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Type the value

Enter the number in Manual Value, below Suggested Value.

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While Denari is reading the workpapers

Reconciliation can’t start until the workpapers have been read and candidate matches worked out. That happens in the background when you upload, and the binder reports its progress live, with no need to reload: Ingesting WPs → WPs Ingested → Generating Matches → Matches Generated Accounts sit at Needs matches until that finishes. If a whole binder reads Needs matches, the answer is usually to wait rather than to reconcile by hand.

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Statuses

The Status column tells you where every account stands. A binder is ready to submit for review once every account is either Reconciled or Ignored.

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How the AI decides

Worth knowing, because it tells you how to help it:
  • It reads the first three and last two pages of each document, where totals live.
  • When several values match, it picks the one lowest on the page, which is usually the total rather than a component.
  • It reads the filename.
  • It learns from last period. What you tied to what, it will try again.
Naming files well is the highest-leverage thing you can do in Papers. Fixed assets 053125.pdf gives the AI everything it needs. 2014904.pdf or download.pdf gives it nothing. This one habit moves more accounts into one-click territory than any other.

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Signing it off

Once an account is tied out, a reviewer clicks Mark as Reviewed on the reconciliation screen. Skip moves to the next account without signing this one off. Only a reviewer can mark a line reviewed. See Approvals.

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Parent and sub-accounts

Hover the child accounts button on the reconciliation screen to see sub-account values without leaving the page. When a reconciliation applies to a whole family of accounts, tick Create same reconciliation for all child accounts rather than repeating yourself. There’s a bulk delete for removing them all again.

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Workpaper difference

The workpaper difference is computed on absolute values. A negative account balance supported by a matching positive figure shows a difference of zero, rather than double the amount, so a credit balance tied to a positive statement total reads as clean.