On 06/09/2020, o1bigtenor <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] > Maybe the barcodes would need to be equated to their base numeric > code and then they could be used as account numbers. > > Mr John - - - - - would there be a relatively easy way of using printed > bar codes as account numbers?
I have used Ledger for stock tracking and it is an excellent tool. You can break delivery batches into stock and composite stock into products all via transactions and have balances of both. My experience would suggest that using account codes in the way you suggest is ill-advised. It embeds structure which is extraneous to the problem and becomes a burden if revised. I suggest, instead, using either transaction codes or (my preference) commodities for correlating your barcode, however, these ideas bring their own questions which, quite honestly, can only be answered in the context of your own business process. I won't jump in there too far but, perhaps the following question will bring you closer. Why is it that you want to use the barcode? Yes, there is an inference that it is more "correct" but in reality you likely interested in what you define as the commodity (e.g. a battery), not in the numerical identifier under which it was sold to you and, as such, are the numerical identifiers of practical value? If so, how? I suspect you will find your answers differ from your gut feelings. For example, if you are editing without an interface for the barcode scanner there will be no process improvement using it (you'll still need to type most of what you're entering). If you developing an interface, you may equally correlate the barcode to commodity codes and simple note the codes in the transaction. Anyway, there are so many nuances and possibilities. Good luck. You will have fun and, if it is important, you will reap the benefit of figuring it out. -- --- 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/CAHCf7OE5s%3DqbEhaZjQ6O9336p2Jrd3GxDC%2BmF-jrNKWYW10JfA%40mail.gmail.com.
