Hi John,
John Lee <[email protected]> writes:
However, I guess I can't do this:
2017-10-01 * Opening Balance
Assets:CurrentAccount $1000 Equity:OpeningBalances
2017-10-02 * Savings
Assets:CurrentAccount:Savings $100 Assets:CurrentAccount
Because then if I go on to do this:
2017-10-03 * Adjustment
Assets:CurrentAccount = $1005 Equity:Adjustments
then this balance command tells me I have made $100 out of thin
air ($1105 total):
ledger b Assets:CurrentAccount
That's because in that final txn I'm actually setting not the
summed-up total of everything in *or under*
Assets:CurrentAccount, as appears in the balance output, but the
amount that lives in that *exact* location (which you might
write in a balance command as '^Assets:CurrentAccount$'). I'm
not sure there's any way to fix that final txn to say that it's
actually the *total* "descendant-or-self" value I want to set
equal to $1005?
Hmm, I see. I'm surprised by this, but I don't use balance
assignments myself. If you need balance assignments like this, I
guess subaccounts are not the way to go. (Unless this is a bug?)
Personally, I want every transaction recorded -- independently, so
I can check my record against my bank's. Thus, I avoid what
you're trying to do here: automatic adjustments via balance
assertions. But I realize that "don't do that" is not very
helpful advice. :)
Can anyone else lend some insights?
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Best,
Richard
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