Martin Blais <bl...@furius.ca> writes:
> Hi Eric,
> I tried reproducing the problem you describe but cannot (I hit other
> problems, but eventually get it working).
> Can you provide a minimal example ledger file where it fails? (Just a
> couple of transactions that highlight the problem.)
Sure! I'm responsible for handing out translation payments for a
literary magazine. I am given cash, and hand that out to people. Here's
my test file:
09/01 * Magazine Company
Assets:Cash 100 USD
Liabilities:Payable:Magazine -20 USD ; Payee: Bob Jones
Liabilities:Payable:Magazine -55 USD ; Payee: Sam Bob
Liabilities:Payable:Magazine -25 USD ; Payee: Jane Doe
09/02 * Bob Jones
Liabilities:Payable:Magazine 20 USD
Assets:Cash
So I got the money, then paid one of the translators. I run:
ledger -f ~/.ledger/test.dat bal payable --pivot=payee
And get:
20 USD Liabilities:Payable:Magazine
-100 USD payee
-20 USD Bob Jones:Liabilities:Payable:Magazine
-25 USD Jane Doe:Liabilities:Payable:Magazine
-55 USD Sam Bob:Liabilities:Payable:Magazine
--------
-80 USD
This tells me that I've paid back 20 USD so far, but not to whom! When
there are a big pile of payees, it becomes impossible to tell who hasn't
been paid. What I'm after is a command that will produce this:
-80 USD payee
-25 USD Jane Doe:Liabilities:Payable:Magazine
-55 USD Sam Bob:Liabilities:Payable:Magazine
--------
-80 USD
Ie, just remove the postings that cancel out. Is that possible, do you
think? I guess, with the --pivot option, ledger would have to treat each
payee as if it were sort of an account of its own, so it knew *how* to
cancel them out...
Thanks again,
Eric
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