Hi Taylor, I knew someone one say this as soon as I hit send :)
It does seem a little simpler than what I was trying to do. My beef with that is that it's not *really* a transaction, so I don't want to write it as one. That's really a minor reason. What I did find is that if you have a default account set and the balance assignment is incorrect, the difference will end up in the default account instead of causing an error. That might actually be a useful side affect if you set the default account as something noticeable like "FAILED ASSERTION" or something. It would show up in your balance report and so on and still let you see the current state of your accounts. Thanks for your response! On April 7, 2020 12:51:33 PM GMT+08:00, Taylor R Campbell <campbell+ledger-...@mumble.net> wrote: >> Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:47:37 +0800 >> From: Randy Josleyn <randy.josl...@gmail.com> >> >> I realized I could just add a transaction that assigns the balance >> of assets:checking, but that doesn't seem like the best way to do >> it. > >This is exactly what I do. Why wouldn't it be the best way? > >2020-04-01 Balance assertion > Assets:Checking = 123.00 USD > >-- > >--- >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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/20200407045133.ACA4C60A44%40jupiter.mumble.net. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/64C852DB-2DB8-4C1B-8BF8-49907395A212%40gmail.com.
