Misposted this support query to the issue tracker
https://github.com/beancount/beancount/issues/604 , so reposting here for
posterity
I have an investment account (as background information, it's non-taxable
so I use the NONE booking method) in which I buy units of a mutual fund. My
broker provides an account summary which lists my current holding, latest
market price, and current market value. I can enter a balance assertion to
confirm that my file agrees with my broker in respect of the number of
units of the fund.
I also put the latest price into my beancount file with a price directive.
Can I use a balance assertion to confirm that my file agrees with my broker
in respect of the current market value?
Example beancount file:
option "operating_currency" "GBP"
plugin "beancount.plugins.unrealized" "Unrealized"
plugin "beancount.plugins.implicit_prices"
* Commodities
2012-09-07 commodity GBP
name: "Pound Sterling"
2012-09-07 commodity B41XG30
name: "Vanguard LifeStrategy 100% Equity Accumulation (GBP)"
* Accounts
2012-09-07 open Assets:ISA
2012-09-07 open Assets:ISA:Cash GBP
2012-09-07 open Assets:ISA:B41XG30 B41XG30 "NONE"
2012-09-07 open Income:BankAccount:2783 GBP
* Transactions
;topup
2012-09-07 * "REG. SAVER // Transfer From Bank Account Bank A/C : ****2783"
Assets:ISA:Cash 75 GBP
Income:BankAccount:2783
;purchase
2012-09-10 * "B346530501 // Vanguard LifeStrategy 100% Equity
Accumulation (GBP) .7242 @ 10356.66380"
Assets:ISA:B41XG30 0.7242 B41XG30 { 103.56638 GBP }
Assets:ISA:Cash -75.00 GBP
; final price point
2021-01-07 price B41XG30 260.188 GBP
; balance assertion about units held, works as desired
2021-01-07 balance Assets:ISA:B41XG30 0.7242 B41XG30
; balance assertion about market value - doesn't work, want to find out how
to do this
2021-01-07 balance Assets:ISA 188.43 GBP
With the above file, both bean_web and fava know that the market value of
Assets:ISA is 188.43 GBP - is there a way I can assert this fact within the
beancount file itself?
Was advised on the linked issue that the answer is:
This is currently not supported.[...] Beancount balance assertions [...]
assert that the specified account contains exactly the specified amount of
a given commodity, without conversions.
Would be interested to learn if there are any options / workarounds
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