Thanks Martin. >From playing around (and to round off the thread) it seems subaccounts are a bit more useful in this situation than metadata. If only because fava reports them automatically.
Also it seems super simple to add subaccounts (compared to gnucash which I'm trying to transition from) so I guess I'll go that route. Similar to how git makes branching easy enough that I would not be able to use svn today. On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Martin Blais <[email protected]> wrote: > The bottom line is that you need to select some subset of rows, huh, > postings. > Anything that helps you disambiguate those postings from others is fair > game. > Subaccounts, metadata, whatevs. > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 10:13 PM, Oon-Ee Ng <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Metadata! Yes that sounds like a good solution/workaround at this >> point. Now to go test how metadata is reported in fava.... >> >> Multiple payees still makes theoretical sense though. >> >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 7:24 AM, Jason Chu <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Doh, I meant Assets:AccountsReceivable. >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:07 PM Jason Chu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Usually in my case, I will use an Assets:AccountsPayable account (short >> >> term loan) as the target and then I'll tag and link the transactions >> >> with >> >> people's names or "invoice" numbers. Links would be used when the >> >> money was >> >> paid back. >> >> >> >> It is harder if the transaction has multiple payees though, you'd >> >> probably >> >> need to have tags on the account legs, which I believe has been >> >> discussed on >> >> this list before. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:01 PM Oon-Ee Ng <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Referring to the excellent post here - >> >>> >> >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/ledger-cli/hkCNoR4-Mjw/p-kNVAmPpngJ >> >>> >> >>> What comes to mind in this situation is something like this:- >> >>> >> >>> 2016-01-01 * "Went out for a meal with friends" >> >>> Expenses:Dining 25 USD >> >>> Liabilities:CreditCards:AMEX 100 USD >> >>> Liabilities:Loans:FriendA 35 USD >> >>> Liabilities:Loans:FriendB 40 USD >> >>> >> >>> Here there's subaccounts for the amounts that I'm paying for (and >> >>> which >> >>> my friends will be repaying to me, probably in a bank transfer at some >> >>> point >> >>> in time). A short term loan of sorts. >> >>> >> >>> Makes sense to me for posting-level payees here, as if this is at all >> >>> common then the number of subaccounts will be substantial. Probably a >> >>> bit >> >>> messy, especially since I don't think I'd remember to close those >> >>> subaccounts (besides, I may see him/her for dinner again in a few >> >>> years >> >>> time!) >> >>> >> >>> Any suggestions? >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>> Groups >> >>> "Beancount" group. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> >>> an >> >>> email to [email protected]. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >> >>> >> >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/88679732-bb7c-40e2-8761-98ea6358223a%40googlegroups.com. >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "Beancount" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAFFHUgsk8_bbR_r3b8K2%2BqenF2oid1_DV1TdHHYOvx2VmSJz4w%40mail.gmail.com. >> > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Beancount" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAGQ70etVUnRrFnXK6%2BYLCe-MjUfVNp2%3DS5_TfH%2BdTx9wMWOFUw%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhO-NyJkA1RJJk9JNnEGVAaj_PFjuqm9LpY0HV8EKN_C2Q%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. 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