Hello.
I did some reading, but I still can't figure out how to do what I need.
I have a very simple ledger file:
==============================
2018-01-01 Opening Balance
Assets:Checking 1000.00 USD
Equity:Opening Balances
P 2018-01-01 USD 1 EUR
P 2018-07-01 USD 2 EUR
===============================
So, so transactions what so ever, only opening balance and price change
If I run balance report for the beginning of period I get expected result
============================
ledger -f ledger.txt balance -X EUR --now 2018-01-01
EUR1000 Assets:Checking
EUR-1000 Equity:Opening Balances
--------------------
0
===========================
If I run balance report for end of the year (after exchange rate changed),
I also get correct result
=======================
C:\_code\ledger>ledger -f ledger.txt balance -X EUR --now 2018-12-31
EUR2000 Assets:Checking
EUR-2000 Equity:Opening Balances
--------------------
0
=======================
But I can't find any report, which would show me why assets have increased
2 times. Option --unrealized does not have any effect in this case
I would expect some report, which would say something like
-1000 EUR Unrealized gain
-1000 EUR Unrealized gain due to EUR/USD changes
So, how can it be done?
On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 2:26:01 PM UTC+1, Richard Lawrence wrote:
>
> Dear Chary,
>
> Chary Chary <[email protected] <javascript:>> writes:
>
> > So, I want to be able to explain a delta between a balance sheet at the
> > beginning of the ear and at the end.
> >
> > E.g.:
> >
> > I got so much salary
> > I paid so much costs
> >
> > But also:
> > Lost so much due to exchange rate change
> > Gained to much due to stock price increase etc.
>
> The short answer to your question is yes, ledger can do that.
>
> The long answer as to *how* exactly you get it to do that depends
> somewhat on your needs. It's straightforward to do things like show how
> much salary you earned. It's also pretty straightforward to find out
> how much you lost or gained due to currency exchanges or stock gains,
> though these depend on you representing your data in the right way. I'd
> suggest that you install ledger and then read the first few sections of
> the manual:
>
> https://www.ledger-cli.org/docs.html
>
> Section 4.5 ("Currency and commodities") and Section 5 ("Transactions")
> will be especially relevant for you. I suggest you play around with
> representing your data after reading these sections, then ask again here
> if you need help building reports with exactly the output you want.
>
> --
> Best,
> Richard
>
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