On Thu, Jun 1, 2017, at 06:17 AM, Peter McArthur wrote: >> 1. This seems to make it no easier to detect and correct errors than >> a tick mark on your bank statement. To add the final lines you >> still have to go through the statement line by line.>> >> >> 2. There still seems to be no record tieing your entry to the line >> item on your bank statement. Had you added a comment containing >> the exact details from your statement then you could match. This >> could also be accomplished by just numbering the entries on your >> bank statement and then adding a cleared line number comment.>> >> 3. Agreed as solved if a suitable parser is written. > > I haven’t tested this, but I believe Ledger offers a simpler way to do > it with the Payee tag. Payee is a special metadata tag which allows > you to modify the payee field for individual posts within a > transaction. So if this is my bank statement:> > *Date Transaction Type Description Money out > Money in Balance*> ... ... ... > ... > ... ...> 27th May 2017 Contactless Payment MCDONALDS WIEN DE > £0.99 £173.48> > Here’s what I would put in my ledger file: > > 05/25 McDonald’s > expenses:food and drink:fast food £ -0.99 > assets:current account:uncleared £ 0.99 > ; > assets:current account:uncleared £ -0.99 ; [05/27] Payee: > MCDONALDS WIEN DE> assets:current account:cleared £ 0.99 ; [05/27] > Payee: > MCDONALDS WIEN DE> > All four posts are now linked by being part of the same transaction, > without any need for transaction codes.> > By the way, I’m uncomfortable with the way you used an :XYZ > subaccount. Is it not possible to do the same thing with tags? Certainly, but early this morning this isn't what first popped into my mind :). My concern remains with #1. I feel like we've added a lot of work (assuming no automation) without solving the problem. regards,
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