On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:40 PM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote:

> So let me ask this:  It appears most people want the individual
> posting to be acted upon, and marked pending.  When, if ever do you
> want the balancing postings cleared?  For example:
>
> 2013/09/11  Hobby Shop
>    Expenses:Hobbies   $100.00
>    Assets:Checking
>
> If you clear the Checking posting, when do you want the Hobbies posting
> cleared?


Why would it ever need to be cleared?  I have no problem with one branch
being in a cleared state and the other not.  To me that seems like a normal
workflow requirement

The bank sends me a statement every month, so I know that the check cleared
and should be marked as such at the end of "bank account reconciliation",
which generally happens monthly.  But the hobby store doesn't send me a
statement, so why should I bother clearing that branch of the posting?

However, suppose this hobby store does send statements ...  except it's
just one at the end of the year.  So that Hobbies posting will have to stay
"uncleared" for potentially many months until I get around to reconciling
it.  Ledger can't know when -- or even *IF* -- I'll get around to
reconciling my Hobbies account, so in general that branch of the posting
must remain uncleared until I clear it, either manually or through a
reconciliation process.

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