My most used reports run ledger a few times and format the output. I use python scripts for those. Simple reports are save in emacs modewhere they can be linked back to the input file.
On Wednesday, July 27, 2016, Josh Hanson <surely.you.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since I don't have every detail of Ledger's syntax memorized, and there > are a few standard reports that I run regularly, I have several ledger > command lines recorded as comments in my journal that I can copy and paste > as needed. > > I'd really like to be able to run those automatically. Here's an easy, > straightforward implementation that feels very "ledger-y" to me: add a > "report" directive to save named reports in the journal, and a "report" > command to run those reports. > > The syntax for the directive might be: > *report <name of report> <ledger command line arguments>*To run the > report, you'd run at the command line: *ledger report <name of report>* > > So, for example, you could use the directive like this: *report salestax > --period 'every 3 months from 2015-12-01' register* > > To run this report, instead of typing all the arguments, you'd just run > the command: > > *ledger report salestax*The result would be the same as if you had run: > *ledger > --period 'every 3 months from 2015-12-01' register* > > This feels to me very much in keeping with ledger's philosophy and way of > doing things. What do other people think of it? > > -- > > --- > 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
