I like to handle clearing by splitting my account into :cleared and :uncleared subaccounts. This is simpler and more consistent than the traditional way of doing things, but it also creates more work, unless you can automate it. Can ledger automate it?
Here’s an example. After a trip to McDonalds, I add this to my journal: year 2017 05/25 McDonald’s expenses:food and drink:fast food £ -0.99 assets:current account:uncleared £ 0.99 When the payment transaction clears, on the 27th, I add these three lines to the transaction: assets:current account:uncleared £ -0.99 ; [05/27] assets:current account:cleared £ 0.99 ; [05/27] This works, but it adds a lot of extra lines to the file. I would much prefer it if I could just add a note saying that the transaction cleared on the 27th: 05/25 McDonald’s expenses:food and drink:fast food £ -0.99 assets:current account:uncleared £ 0.99 ; cleared:: [05/27] and rely on an automation rule to read the metadata and generate the postings I need. Is this possible? -- --- 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.
