On Jun 24, 2010, at 5:49 AM, ed wrote:
> Firstly ensuring that account names are spelt correctly (pre-declaring
> valid account names I guess).
The --strict option will warn you if an uncleared transaction contains a
never-before-seen account name. Cleared transactions are assumed to be
correct -- since you cleared them.
> Second is declaring pairs of accounts between which transfers could
> validly occur, so that e.g money could not be transferred from a
> contingency account to the director's loan account.
You can do this with the "check" keyword and an automated transaction:
= /Checking/
check account =~ /Expense/
2010-06-24 Sample
Expenses:Food $100
Assets:Checking
Use "assert" instead of "check" if you want it to be an error.
> Third the imposition of sanity limits on transaction amounts, e.g.
> flag anything > £5000
Again, using an automated check:
= true
check abs(amount) < 5000
By comparing the amount to an integer, it ignores the commodity and only
compares the magnitude.
NOTE: Be sparing with how many automated transactions you create. Each one
must be evaluated for every posting in your file, so the amount of time required
is N*Y, where N is the number of postings and Y is the number of automated
transactions.
John
