To deal with the default account problem, I make the transaction explicitly
0. To deal with it not being a real transaction, I make it a virtual one.
Together it looks like this
2020-04-06 * Reconcile
[Assets:Checking] $0 = $123.00
[Assets:Savings] $0 = $456.00
-Mythmon
On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 10:09 PM Randy Josleyn <randy.josl...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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
>>
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