This is something I have desired as well (but also have not found a great way to do through Fava). Another use case I've encountered is that I would like to more easily be able to view all of my 'Expenses' account group *except* for 'Expenses:Taxes' since income taxes are more tied to income than my spending patterns.
-Aaron On Monday, December 13, 2021 at 1:08:53 PM UTC-5 Scott wrote: > New Fava/Beancount user here, and I'm really appreciating all the work > that went into this software. > > In Fava, you can get an account view by selecting an account from the > hierarchy. Then you'll be able to see a journal, changes (per period), or > balances (per period). The breadcrumbs in the upper left let you easily > navigate from the current account up the hierarchy. > > Occasionally, I want to see essentially this set of views, but for a set > of accounts that isn't in a single branch of the hierarchy (so, say, the > union of Equity and Assets). Is it possible to treat arbitrary account > groups as an account in their own right? > > I know that I can filter the journal with more complex patterns, but that > doesn't give me a 'balance' over time like the account view does. I'm sure > I can do this somewhat similarly usingh BQL, but then I don't think I can > easily make use of the Fava's time filter -- so I'd have to manually tweak > the query each time I want a different period, which would make it harder > to save in the sidebar... > > -Scott > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/18f03574-56ec-418b-86b6-8ff9497d5141n%40googlegroups.com.
