It's really just a choice. The question to ask yourself if whether you'd want to be able to list a subset of the transactions individually or not. For the most part, because most aggregation reports are done by grouping per account, it doesn't matter very much.
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 12:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to understand best-practices for entries, and if there are > pros/cons to grouping transections in one entry, or splitting it up. > > The following is based on going to IKEA, eating lunch, buying a piece of > furniture with a US CC, and getting it delivered. > > 2017-08-25 * "IKEA" > Assets:Cash:DKK -50 DKK > Expense:Travel:PublicTransit 50 DKK ; bus to IKEA > Assets:Bank:DKK -100 DKK > Expenses:Food:Restaurant 100 DKK ; lunch at IKEA > Expense:Home 631 DKK @@ 100 USD ; furniture > Liabilities:CC -100 USD > Assets:Cash:DKK -50 DKK ; deliver fee > Expense:Home 50 DKK > > I could also see the furniture + delivery fee under "IKEA", and then > separate entries for "Lunch" and "Bus". > > Thanks, > > -k. > > -- > 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/1578bb92-5f7f-46aa-8253-d012818bac4f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/1578bb92-5f7f-46aa-8253-d012818bac4f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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%2BhO5qmE4qTCOdXzLXR4nUB4k9CL61yg1Kh-epVkTdLfa-g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
