Hi, welcome aboard! In Fava, when you click on an account, you will see a list of all transactions involving that account, including a running balance.
See for example: http://fava.pythonanywhere.com/example-beancount-fava-12-2017-02-08-pypi/account/Assets:US:BofA:Checking/ If necessary, you can also filter these results (I too have transactions in the future, do I usually filter on year-to-date) Balance lines are a way to assert the balance of an account at a certain point in time. For example, I input my bank-transactions about once a month. I start with setting a balance assertion at the start of this process, so I can be sure I don't miss anything. Also, occasionally I forget to change the date when I copy-paste a transaction. Balance assertions usually catch those issues as well. Having said that, they're entirely optional. On Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 17:57 senorsmile <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been using kmymoney for as long as I can remember. There's a lot > about it I like, and a lot I don't. > > I really like everything I read about beancount. And fava seems like an > excellent interface. > > Here's my first question (of possibly many): how can either bean-web or > fava display the running balance. I'm used to seeing the running balance > for an account for every transaction. I auto generate all of my expected > income, bills and estimated misc expenses a few months into the future, to > see how that balance changes. I don't see any (obvious) way to see what > the running balance is on any given line. > > Also, what is the point of the explicit "balance" lines? E.g. > 2015-01-26 balance Assets:US:BofA:Checking 3254.98 USD > > > -- > 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/a127fe8c-6a9b-4f0b-b81e-225ce37e9df7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/a127fe8c-6a9b-4f0b-b81e-225ce37e9df7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Best regards, Daniël Bos Your government is reading your email. Slow them down with encryption. My public key: http://goo.gl/gms497 (4096 bit RSA, id EF2D5D91) Fingerprint : D8D0 9FBE F075 F709 7B52 2F73 326C 2123 EF2D 5D91 -- 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/CADPdpKbY6Nzg5EuBtB5%2BV8DLWMcg-5c6%2Bqfomon%2Bas1UJ1jsqA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
