On Fri, Dec 16, 2016, at 04:23 PM, Lifepillar wrote:
> On 16/12/2016 16:06, Lifepillar wrote:
> > On 16/12/2016 15:43, Lifepillar wrote:
> >> On 16/12/2016 12:22, Brian Exelbierd wrote:
> >>> In the ledger file at the bottom I set up a multi-level budget. If I
> >>> run the commands below, everything works until I restrict to a third
> >>> level budget line.
>
> > your example might be fixed as follows:
> >
> > ~ Every year
> > Budget $10000
> > Equity -$10000
> >
> > ~Every year
> > Budget -$10000
> > Department 1 $5000
> > Department 2 $5000
> >
> > ~Every year
> > Department 1 -$5000
> > Dept 1:Project A $2500
> > Dept 1:Project B $2500
> >
> > 2016-02-01 Fake txn
> > Expense:foo $500
> > (Department 2) $500
> > Equity -$500
> >
> > 2016-02-01 Fake txn
> > Expense:foo $500
> > (Dept 1:Project A) $500
> > Equity -$500
> >
> > 2016-02-01 Fake txn
> > Expense:foo $500
> > (Dept 1:Project B) $500
> > Equity -$500
>
> In fact, renaming the top categories in the budget might be better:
>
> ~ Every year
> Budget $10000
> Equity -$10000
>
> ~Every year
> Budget -$10000
> Department 1 Budget $5000
> Department 2 Budget $5000
>
> ~Every year
> Department 1 Budget -$5000
> Department 1:Project A $2500
> Department 1:Project B $2500
>
> 2016-02-01 Fake txn
> Expense:foo $500
> (Department 2) $500
> Equity -$500
>
> 2016-02-01 Fake txn
> Expense:foo $500
> (Department 1:Project A) $500
> Equity -$500
>
> 2016-02-01 Fake txn
> Expense:foo $500
> (Department 1:Project B) $500
> Equity -$500
>
> By doing so, you can continue using the exact same syntax for the
> transactions and the queries. I don't know how well this generalizes to
> more levels, though.
I was able to construct this for the levels I needed so far. It is
ugly, but it works. It'd be nice to not have to do this. I am grateful
to you for thinking of it.
> Btw, someone in this list has argued against unbalanced (virtual)
> transactions. I'd be curious how a budget like the above could be
> defined without virtual accounts.
I have been thinking about this too. I don't know how to do this with
balanced transactions and I don't like the "three sided entry" I am
making. That said, I can't think of a great way to accomplish this that
won't break something else.
For example, this:
2016-02-01 Fake txn
Department 1:Project B:Expense:foo
$500
; could also reasonably be Department 1:Project B:foo in many cases
Equity -$500
Leaves me unable to report on 'Expense:foo' across all budgets.
regards,
bex
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