The proper way to do this is to use price notation "@" and "@@". But that may be an overkill since you may have many different items to track.
Another method would be to write the information you would like to keep in the metadata. -- Zhuoyun Wei On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, at 05:04, [email protected] wrote: > Guys hi, > > Before i was tracking food in 1 single account > > Expenses:Personal:Food > > But than i tried to split them in particular food categories > > Expenses:Personal:Food:Fruit:Apples > Expenses:Personal:Food:Meat:Beef > etc > > And found out that this way i can see much more clear picture and that > i started to care how much i actually paid per pound. > i've found out that often price on same food item can very greatly > (apples can cost 0.99lb, 1.49lb and 1.99lb for same variety even in > same market) > > What's the best way to track it? > > Let's say now i have > > 2019-03-01 * "Key Foods" > Expenses:Personal:Food:Fruit:Apples 4.17 USD > Assets:Cash > > 2019-03-15 * "Key Foods" > Expenses:Personal:Food:Fruit:Apples 6.44 USD > Assets:Cash > > 2019-04-01 * "Key Foods" > Expenses:Personal:Food:Fruit:Apples 8.01 USD > Assets:Cash > > And there is no way to tell which of these transactions were a good buy > (for 0.99lb), and which were a more careless buy (for 1.99lb). > > -- > 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/1f04b82a-f4b1-49c9-a08d-c032aec888ed%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/1f04b82a-f4b1-49c9-a08d-c032aec888ed%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/a18ff2ab-5e9d-4793-a231-77e54fcb9716%40www.fastmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
