OK I think this is a major misunderstanding on my part.  Are periodic
transactions only taken into account during budgeting calculations?

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 16:13, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am working on a brief tutorial section for the manual.  I like the
> idea of using the included drewr.dat as a starting point.
>
> In order to get  the automatics transaction to work I have to change
>
> ====== drewr.dat orginal ==========
> = account =~ /^Income/
>  (Liabilities:Tithe)                    0.12
> ===============================
>
> to
> ========= drewr3.dat=============
> = /^Income/
>  (Liabilities:Tithe)                    0.12
> ==============================
>
> Which works fine.
>
> But, I can't get the periodic transaction to work at all:
>
> ======= drewr.dat original ==========
> ~ Monthly
>  Assets:Checking                     $500.00
>  Income:Salary
> ===============================
>
> I can't see any effect on the balance report if I change the amount,
> and nothing shows up in a register report.  I am not using any command
> line options. just 'ledger balance'.
>
> --
> Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ
> enderw88.wordpress.com
>



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