On 2/19/12 5:39 PM, Zack Williams wrote:
1. I tend to have a lot of files generated elsewhere and converted from OFX/CSV. If you moved money from a checking account to savings, and are also auto-converting both accounts with a OFX/CSV -> Ledger tool, you'd end up with two nearly identical entries like this, one from each converted file.
I've had that problem too, and worked around manually. Thanks for pointing out this clever trick!
In this example, I'm using the Transfer pattern twice, once to maintain a list of Accounts Receivable, and another time to balance Checks after their received, but before they've cleared the bank.
I don't quite get the utility of the second use - those transactions look a little over-complex for my needs - but I like the flexibility that we have to describe workflows that help us.
"Patterns" is a welcome term and topic in *ledger-land.
