On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 8:18 PM Charles Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was able to get done what I needed to get done using the normal mechanism > for specifying accounts and comments. This is what I came up with: > > http://xbrlsite.azurewebsites.net/2020/master/automation/TrialBalance.dat.txt > > Ledger is one of the coolest software applications that I have seen in a long > time. In fact, the whole "plain text accounting" movement is a really good > thing in my view. See: > > http://xbrl.squarespace.com/journal/2020/5/5/plain-text-accounting.html > > Cheers, > > Charlie > > On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 2:07:46 PM UTC-7, Charles Hoffman wrote: >> >> Question for this group. Are you aware of XBRL? Is there anyone interested >> in investigating adding the capability to map XBRL concepts to the Ledger >> chart of accounts. This would enable the ability to enter a transaction and >> then the transaction could "flow" all the way through to an XBRL-based >> financial report. Further, if one additional code was added to the general >> journal, you could also automate the process of creating a correct cash flow >> statement. >> >> There are lots and lots of other possibilities such as turning Ledger into >> an expert system for accounting and reporting. >> >> For a plethora of information about XBRL, please see my blog: >> >> http://xbrl.squarespace.com/ >> >> Fundamentally, if you got the right metadata, which properly created XBRL >> taxonomies can provide, there is a boatload of tasks that can be automated: >> accounting, reporting, auditing, and analysis. >> >> For more information, please see: >> >> http://xbrl.squarespace.com/journal/2020/4/1/record-to-report-plus.html >> >> http://xbrl.squarespace.com/journal/2020/2/21/digital-financial-reporting-the-big-picture-in-pictures.html >> >> http://xbrl.squarespace.com/journal/2020/2/20/trends-in-financial-reporting.html >>
I'm trying to understand what this 'XBRL' is giving me. I have been able to use 'ledger' and its flexibility to create 'reports' so that my financial activities are easy even though still tedious. The advantage to using this 'XBRL' system is the pretty picture type of output. Is that what the 'XBRL' system is about? 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/CAPpdf5-5RnmbvOadUUoK-UE-0YiVGxP84M9RYu2YAv7NEatcPA%40mail.gmail.com.
