I copied the previously-posted excerpt to a file and ran it to see if it
worked. That showed me I left out one line from the original file. Here's
the code that works:
1970-01-01 open Assets:Certs:AAPL
1970-01-01 open Assets:MYBroker:AAPL
1970-01-01 open Assets:Cash:Basis
1983-01-05 * "A Note"
Assets:Certs:AAPL 20 AAPL {34.31 USD, 1983-01-05}
Assets:Cash:Basis
1983-04-05 * "A Note"
Assets:Certs:AAPL 18 AAPL {47.57 USD, 1983-04-05}
Assets:Cash:Basis
1983-05-10 * "stock move"
Assets:MYBroker:AAPL 20 AAPL
Assets:MYBroker:AAPL 18 AAPL
Assets:Certs:AAPL -20 AAPL
Assets:Certs:AAPL -18 AAPL
; zero local shares now
1983-05-11 balance Assets:Certs:AAPL 0 AAPL
What seems to be key is dropping the date specifier on the MYBroker
shares.
Is it safe to assume that the bought date (and the basis) comes along with
the stock move? I didn't think it did, and I haven't found a report that
shows that yet.
Bill
On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 7:04 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm a long-time Ledger user but new to beancount. I moved, because I
> think I see functionality I can use right now (so thanks!).
>
> I'm starting by trying to handle some investments, and I'm stuck on a
> seemingly simple transaction that gets the above error.
>
> The goal:
>
>
> - Open a few accounts for a stock. In this case, I have an account of
> certificated shares and an account of book-entry shares at a broker.
> - Acquire shares as certificates, and then move them to book entry.
>
> The code (excerpted and cleaned*)
>
> 1970-01-01 open Assets:Certs:AAPL
> 1970-01-01 open Assets:MYBroker:AAPL
>
> 1983-01-05 * "A Note"
> Assets:Certs:AAPL 20 AAPL {34.31 USD, 1983-01-05}
> Assets:Cash:Basis
>
> 1983-04-05 * "A Note"
> Assets:Certs:AAPL 18 AAPL {47.57 USD, 1983-04-05}
> Assets:Cash:Basis
>
> 1983-05-10 * "stock move"
> Assets:MYBroker:AAPL 20 AAPL {1983-01-05}
> Assets:MYBroker:AAPL 18 AAPL {1983-04-05}
> Assets:Certs:AAPL -20 AAPL {1983-01-05}
> Assets:Certs:AAPL -18 AAPL {1983-04-05}
>
> ; zero local shares now
> 1983-05-11 balance Assets:Certs:AAPL 0 AAPL
>
>
>
> If I run bean-report filename print on that (real) file, i get
> "beancount:84: Failed to categorize posting 1", where 84 points to the
> first leg of the "stock move" transaction. I also get the same error on
> line 85, the second leg. If I swap the first two legs with the second two,
> the error follows the "MBroker" legs.
>
> The subsequent balance assertion obviously fails.
>
> Any tips? It's probably obvious, but I can't see it.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> * Has anyone ever made a routine to "clean"--remove PII--from a beancount
> file? I don't really want to share my financial information, but I know
> it's often useful to share actual data files. It would be nice to have a
> script that could take entries such as Assets:Certificate:AAPL and turn
> turn it into something like Assets:LevelA1:LevelB1 or the like.
>
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