That works. I had to change the account currency from POINT to POINT,USD. And for some reason a pad followed by a balance in POINT=0 failed, and I had to change the balance to USD. But Fava now lets me see things in USD or POINT. Thank you.
On Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 10:31:13 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Maybe try: > Assets:Points -400 USD @@ 40000 POINT > > I'm not sure what Fava will render this as, but if you care about the > total cost in points more than the exchange rate then this is clearer in > your ledger. > > > Sincerely, > Timothy Jesionowski > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 10:34 AM Ken Mankoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to be able to see (in Fava) the total expenses (USD only) vs the >> total cost (USD, POINT, MILE) of a vacation I took, where some of the >> expenses were paid with points and miles. >> >> How should I book these transactions? >> >> For this transaction, >> >> 2024-01-01 price POINT 0.01 USD >> 2024-01-19 * "Hotel" >> Expenses:Travel:Lodging >> Liabilities:CC -68.30 USD >> Assets:Points -40000 POINT >> >> I've tried >> >> 1) Assets:Points -40000 POINT >> 2) Assets:Points -40000 POINT @ 0.01 USD >> 3) Assets:Points -40000 POINT {0.01 USD} >> >> (2) and (3) always show up as USD, even if I select "At cost" or "Units" >> in Fava >> >> (1) does what I want... but relies on the 'global' POINT -> USD >> conversion. I'm wondering if there is an explicit conversion method like >> (2) or (3) though, because if I have several point accounts, and am >> regularly spending points at different values with different merchants, I'd >> prefer to track conversion per-transaction than update a global value. The >> global value doesn't work if I have two transactions in the same day with >> different conversions. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -k. >> >> -- >> 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/9495bfe9-a234-40ba-a4d1-77cb6479c485n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/9495bfe9-a234-40ba-a4d1-77cb6479c485n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/118c7041-3264-4644-af9c-70c1ec7ab633n%40googlegroups.com.
