Hi all, just started using Beancount a few days back, had been using Ledger 
before.

I'm struggling to get a pad transaction working in my new beancount ledger.

1. create the pad transaction
2023-08-01 pad Assets:Debt:Friend Equity:Opening-Balance

2. A few transactions on this Debt account follow
2023-08-29 * "Paid to cash"
   Assets:Savings -60.45 USD
   Assets:Debt:Friend

2023-08-29 * "Paid for xyz on my behalf"
   Assets:Debt:Friend -342.56 USD
   Expenses:Something 

3. Then I do a balance assertion, to update the balance to the correct 
amount in my other account ledger
2023-08-31 balance Assets:Debt:Friend 1000 USD

And then I get the following errors in Fava:
Unused Pad entry
Balance failed for 'Assets:Debt:Friend': expected so and so USD != 
accumulated XYZ USD (ABC too little)

My understanding was that the pad directive would automatically update the 
Assets:Debt:Friend account to match the balance assertion, by making a 
suitable entry towards Equity. But it doesnt seem to be working that way.

Any advice appreciated!

Thanks,
Sagar

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