Ah! That is not at all what I expected but now I understand how to proceed. Thanks a lot!
On Friday, June 30, 2023 at 1:40:11 AM UTC-7 Red S wrote: > It's all in the documentation > <https://beancount.github.io/docs/api_reference/beancount.core.html>. > More specifically, balance realization is here > <https://beancount.github.io/docs/api_reference/beancount.core.html#beancount.core.realization> > . > > However, accomplishing what you're wanting to do is easily done by writing > BQL + python. The bean-query shell works well for basic queries. For > advanced manipulation, a typical recipe is to get the output of a basic > query from a BQL statement in python, and then processing the results to > your heart's content. Here is an example > <https://github.com/redstreet/fava_investor/blob/main/fava_investor/modules/minimizegains/libminimizegains.py> > . > > > On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 9:57:08 PM UTC-7 Olivier Crémel wrote: > >> I'd like to write some simple reports, for instance "net income", defined >> as income minus a set of non-discretionary expenses (like taxes). >> >> So I looked up the doc and it states, more or less: >> >> You call the beancount.loader.load_file() loader function, you get the >> list of "entries" and you can process the entries as you like. >> >> And that's it. >> >> But, surely, I'm not expected to re-implement balance computing by going >> through all the entries, so I assume there is another API that takes >> "entries" and gives me back balances. >> >> Where do I find a list of such canonical external APIs ? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/2eabb424-aefe-457b-9127-9b49370ce2b6n%40googlegroups.com.
