Thanks Martin. I was reading the manual and trying to sort out how to use exchange amounts in this case, but without success. Can you exemplify how this transaction could be recorded in a single entry using explicit exchange rates/amounts?
On Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 2:38:22 PM UTC+4 Martin Michlmayr wrote: > * POliveira <[email protected]> [2021-12-07 01:05]: > > 2021/05/31 * Currency Exchange > > Assets:Paypal 15.00 EUR > > Assets:Paypal -20.00 USD > > Typically, you should specify an exchange rate with @ or @@ to make > the relationship between two currencies clear. > > However, if there are only two postings, ledger will do an implicit > conversation for you, i.e. it does not require an explicit exchange > rate (@) or exchange amount (@@). > > I strongly recommend to always use @ or @@ though since implicit > conversations could lead to problems that are hard to track down > later. > > > 2021/05/31 * Currency Exchange > > Assets:Paypal 15.00 EUR > > Assets:Paypal -20.00 USD > > Assets:Bank1 10.00 GBP > > Assets:Bank2 -15.00 EUR > > This involves 3 currencies. How should ledger know the relationship > between these currencies? > > It may be obvious to a human what you want in this case, but you'll > have to tell ledger explicitly. As mentioned above, *explicit* is > good anyway as it helps you avoid mistakes. > > -- > 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/259509a3-b835-4367-8d26-09039f2f1fa6n%40googlegroups.com.
