Am 03.07.19 um 10:09 schrieb nathanlclem...@gmail.com: > I'm trying to set up beancount (it takes a bit of work), but I'm running into > a strange error and was wondering if you could tell me what I'm doing wrong: > > | > $ cat data/simple.beancount > *Banking > 2018-01-01open Assets:UK:Barclays GBP > 2019-01-01open Equity:Opening-Balances > > > 2019-04-10*"OpenBarclays""" > Assets:UK:Barclays 3705.81GBP > Equity:Opening-Balances -3705.81GBP > 2019-05-10*"TFL TRAVEL CHARGE TFL.GOV.UK/CP""" > Assets:UK:Barclays -4.80GBP > Expenses:Travel:PublicTransportation 4.80GBP > $ bean-report-3.7data/simple.beancount balsheet >/dev/null > > | > > Is there some trick I'm missing? I thought "Expenses:..." didn't require any > account opening?
That is not the case. You also need an open statement for all Expenses accounts. Not sure if the root account "Expenses" needs an open statement, but I don't think it's wise to book directly to it. Best, Florian > > Nathan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to beancount@googlegroups.com > <mailto:beancount@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/eb270cd5-4b51-4311-b300-1b83f549c7df%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/eb270cd5-4b51-4311-b300-1b83f549c7df%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to beancount@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/76770b6f-33f4-7710-98e2-68fd6f76b393%40xgm.de. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
