On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 2:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Martin, yes, i understand on single file. I meant categories. >
I see. What I find works best for me is to put the accounts that I update together (from the automated importing scripts) in the same section. My high-level file organization is similar to Jason's. As long as it makes it easy for you to find and add new transactions in the file any organization should work. Some transactions (e.g., transfers) could belong to two of these sections; I just choose one arbitrarily. You could choose a rule if you'd like to have those appear more predictably (e.g., "always put on the side of the deposit"). Overall I would say don't worry about it too much, it's normal and okay if there's a mild presence of some chaos. Beancount sweeps it up and should be able to list the journals and statements you want neatly. In sample beancount ledger it has following line for banking category: > > * Banking > > So i wonder if each Banking account should be separate in it's own > category, like this: > > * Banking Chase > ... > ... > ... > > * Banking BofA > ... > ... > ... > > etc > > On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 9:51:27 PM UTC-4, Martin Blais wrote: >> >> Personally I keep everything in one giant file, hierarchically organized >> with org-mode in Emacs. >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am reading right now recommendations on file organization. ( >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P5At-z1sP8rgwYLHso5sEy3 >>> u4rMnIUDDgob9Y_BYuWE/edit#heading=h.3rnrqkmm822f) >>> and have a question >>> >>> When you have multiple banks should they be split into separate >>> sections? >>> * Banking 1 >>> * Banking 2 >>> etc >>> >>> Same for credit cards, i have 4 of them. 2 are actively used. So it >>> should be >>> * Credit Card 1 >>> * Credit Card 2 >>> * Credit Card 3 >>> * Credit Card 4 >>> >>> Also i have several different sources of income so they also should be >>> split as well? >>> * Income 1 >>> * Income 2 >>> * Income 3 >>> >>> I know one can organize it any way he wants, i just want to understand >>> best practices. >>> The sample file generated by beancount is great start, but it has only 1 >>> bank account, 1 credit card and 1 income source - it will be great to see >>> example with multiple items. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/ms >>> gid/beancount/a46c22eb-9567-4538-85ad-9c5286f8d4e5%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/a46c22eb-9567-4538-85ad-9c5286f8d4e5%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/ae6cd2ef-7bf6-438a-8970-fb404d2b3e59%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/ae6cd2ef-7bf6-438a-8970-fb404d2b3e59%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%2BhMmz25AMV9tv-Tg4SgnebssxB_EgQU%2By%3Dc_zqMih2fcfg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
