I haven't used these enough to know exactly what you need to include the periods you're looking for, but constructs like:
~Monthly from January to August and ~Monthly from September should do the trick. -- John West http://gplus.to/jwest23 On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Dave Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a way to change the budgeted amounts for expenses part way > through a ledger file? Or do I need to start a new ledger file? For > example, let's say I have the following ledger file: > > ~Monthly > Expenses:Rent $500.00 > Assets > > 2014/07/01 * Test 1 > Expenses:Rent $500.00 > Liabilities:Checking > > 2014/08/01 * Test 1 > Expenses:Rent $500.00 > Liabilities:Checking > > But let's say I move at the end of August and now want to budget > $600/month for rent. I tried just adding another budget block: > > ~Monthly > Expenses:Rent $600.00 > Assets > > 2014/09/01 * Test 1 > Expenses:Rent $600.00 > Liabilities:Checking > > However, this had the effect of adding to the budgeted amount rather than > replace it, so my budgeted amount of rent became $1100. Would appreciate > any suggestion, though I suspect I'll need to start a new ledger file. > > Dave > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
