Agree with Martin, do not try to organize accounts in relation to how you understand them but how they are; idea being that ledger does the processing to produce what you need; this is not to trivialize the difficulties of course but generally, what you want to see at any particular time changes more than things that tie into the external view (i.e. tax and bank).
Ran small consulting business across Europe and the US using ledger (i.e. 6 currencies) and made the mistake you are thinking about (at least it turned out to be a mistake for me). It resulted in complex reports to accommodate a single, simplified view which tried to keep currencies separate, but in the long-run I ended up with very awkward 3 or 4 stage reports instead of slightly more complex 1 or 2 stage reports. And, once I was that deep in, the initial desire for "can I just run 'ledger bal' and see this", was long gone. All the best though, multiple currencies are not easy in my experience and multiple jurisdictions are a nightmare. On 13/07/2020, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote: > * Randy Josleyn <[email protected]> [2020-07-09 22:21]: >> > I have 3 main currencies plus some more when I travel and I have no >> > problem. >> >> Do you mind if I ask about how you've got your accounts structured? > > I do not add the currency to my account names. There are different > philosophies regarding account names and I lean towards simple account > names. > > Many accounts only have one currency in them (e.g. a bank in one > country), but others have several currencies and I have not had any > problems with this. Something I limit the reg output to a specific > currency, but otherwise I don't think I use any "advanced" tricks. > > What issues do you run into specifically? > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > https://www.cyrius.com/ > > -- > > --- > 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/20200713052832.GD8469%40jirafa.cyrius.com. > -- --- 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/CAHCf7OFzejAN7coBp%2BdfrY4BYbLT7rQ5H_7ywDEcMbmtq6oovA%40mail.gmail.com.
