On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 2:06 PM Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote: > > * o1bigtenor <[email protected]> [2019-07-19 11:38]: > > > bal Income:Zinsen -l "any(account =~ /WeGeno/)" > > > > Method makes sense and is reasonably accurate but it would make sense > > to the greatest extent if you only ever had one employer. > > Now if you were a consultant and worked for even 2 different firms in a > > year the method that I'm espousing shows more accurately what and where. > > I think this is just a matter of taste where people disagree. You > prefer to put the name in the account name. I prefer to keep simple > account names and instead store such information as metadata. > > Maybe my queries become slightly more complicated: > > reg income:contracting -l "tag('Client') =~ /Foo/" > vs > reg income:contracting:Foo > > but I prefer a simple chart of accounts (as do most professional > accountants, who unlike us geeks, don't care about that level of > detail, at least not in the chart of accounts). >
Ah ja - - - - I sit chastised (grin!) - - - - as my list of accounts (with some descriptions but not that many) runs to about 30 pages of text - - - - but then I can tell you exactly what something costs me - - - - do I want to do the plumbing in pvc or steel or brass (more likely bronze) and why? I can answer those questions - - - - few others can. I've always been weird! (LOL) Re: accountants - - - - they just want to get the job done - - - - me the information itself has value to me - - - - you're very correct - - - it is a very different way to see things. Regards -- --- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/CAPpdf58gV3D3uicwKnJWUek_yYUWGM1pCk2cHrASU%3Duf4OCGgQ%40mail.gmail.com.
