Thank you. You have been very helpful. It is much appreciated.
Now to go read the docs again.
Oliver
On Friday, May 17, 2024 at 7:29:22 PM UTC-4 Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 06:55:12AM -0700, oliver wrote:
> > I am afraid you are crediting me with more intelligence than I
This is where bank reconciliations come in.
When you enter a bank transaction into your file, you don't set the cleared
flag (yet).
When you receive your bank statement, you go through it and for each line
in the bank statement that matches an entry in your ledger file, you set
the cleared
On 2024-05-17 23:40, "Robin H. Johnson" writes:
> TL;DR: you insert balance assertions when you know the balance based on
> some source of truth.
Thank you, this is very useful to know.
Alan
--
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Ledger" group.
On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 08:48:04AM +0200, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> > 2023/06/30 * Balance Assertion: AccountName
> > Assets:Bank:AccountName $ 0.00 = $ 52,289.96
>
> This looks very useful, but I have trouble understanding how it works
> with past transactions that are not yet reconciled
On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 06:55:12AM -0700, oliver wrote:
> I am afraid you are crediting me with more intelligence than I actually
> have.
> I find balance assertion to be very difficult to understand and the few
> lines in the docs don't make it
> any easier.
> Follwoing your example, I enter:
>
I am afraid you are crediting me with more intelligence than I actually
have.
I find balance assertion to be very difficult to understand and the few
lines in the docs don't make it
any easier.
Follwoing your example, I enter:
2024/04/08 * Balance Assertion:Ally_Savings
Assets:Ally_Savings
Hello,
On 2024-05-16 22:57, "Robin H. Johnson" writes:
> Our bank statements give us the opening and closing balances for each
> statement, and I enter those as an assertion of the balance.
>
> If I have an error somewhere before that, such as a missing transaction,
> or a typo; the assertion
On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 11:50:31AM -0700, oliver wrote:
> I am embarrrassed to have to ask for help with this. Unfortunately, my
> math skill are non-existant.
>
> I start with savings account equty of $1,348.50. After several months of
> transactions, ledger balance gives me minus (-)
I am embarrrassed to have to ask for help with this. Unfortunately, my
math skill are non-existant.
I start with savings account equty of $1,348.50. After several months of
transactions, ledger balance gives me minus (-) $235.46. According to my
bank the balance is $1,828.79.
What adjustment
