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; SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2018 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
;
; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Accounts
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Declarations are converted to ledger
; The variable `account_open_date` (here 2010-03-01) is used as the open date
; The "note" is converted to "description"
account Assets:Test
note Just a test account
; Note that account declarations are not optional in beancount!
account Assets:-Test
account Assets:A
account Assets:B
account Assets:Bar
account Assets:Bal
account Assets:École
account Assets:Föö
account Assets:MyLedger
account Assets:Test1
account Assets:Test2
account Assets:Wallet
account Equity:Opening-Balance
account Expenses:Purchase
account Liabilities:Credit Card_Test
; Liabilities:Credit Card_Test -> Liabilities:Credit-Card-Test
2018-03-28 * Space and many other characters not allowed in account names
Liabilities:Credit Card_Test 10.00 EUR
Assets:Wallet
; expenses:purchase -> Expenses:Purchase
2018-03-28 * First letter of each account component has to be upper case
expenses:purchase 10.00 EUR
Assets:Wallet
; Assets:-Test -> Assets:XTest
2018-03-28 * First letter of each account component has to be an upper case letter or a number
Assets:-Test 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; Assets:MyLedger -> Assets:MyBeancount (using `account_map`)
2018-03-28 * Account names can be mapped using `account_map`
Assets:MyLedger 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; Account names may contain UTF-8 letters but commodities must not
2018-03-28 * Account names may contain UTF-8 letters
Assets:Föö 10.00 EUR
Assets:École
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Amounts
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; With `decimal_comma` false (the default), commas as thousand separator
; are retained as they are allowed by beancount.
2018-03-28 * Amounts can contain commas as thousand separator
Assets:A 1,000,000.00 EUR
Assets:B
; Set `decimal_comma` to `true` if you use `--decimal-comma` in ledger
; Beancount currently doesn't support decimal commas, so they are
; replaced.
; With `decimal_comma: true`, the following is accepted by
; ledger2beancount and converted to 10.12 EUR.
;2018-03-28 * Amounts can contain commas as thousand separator
; Assets:A 10,12 EUR
; Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Commodities
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Declarations are converted to ledger
; The variable `commodities_date` is used as the open date
; The "note" is converted to "name"
commodity EUR
note Euro
; £10.00 -> 10.00 EUR
2018-03-28 * Commodity symbols like £ have to be converted
Expenses:Purchase £10.00
Assets:Wallet
; EUR 10.00 -> 10.00 EUR
2018-03-28 * Commodities in front of the amount are converted to amount, followed by commodity
Expenses:Purchase EUR 10.00
Assets:Wallet
; "DE0002635307" -> DE0002635307
2018-03-28 * Quoted commodities are stripped"
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307"
Assets:B
; "C mm.di!y" -> C-MM.DI-Y
2018-03-28 * Commodities are converted to valid beancount commodities
Assets:A 1 "C mm.di!y"
Assets:B
; "M&M" -> MILESMORE (using `commodity_map`)
2018-03-28 * Commodities can be mapped to other commodities
Assets:A 10.00 "M&M"
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Flags
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; beancount: 2018-03-28 txn "Without a transaction flag beancount requires 'txn'"
2018-03-28 Without a transaction flag beancount requires 'txn'
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
2018-03-28 ! Transactions flags are supported
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
2018-03-28 Posting flags are supported
! Assets:A 10.00 EUR
* Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Dates
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; `date_format` can be adapted to your date format if you don't use
; `YYYY-MM-DD`. beancount only supports `YYYY-MM-DD`
; ledger allows you to set the date so you can skip the year.
; ledger2beancount supports this if `date_format_no_year` is set.
; A complete date in `YYYY-MM-DD` format is generated since beancount
; requires complete dates.
Y 2017
; 03/28 -> 2017-03-28
03/28 * Date without year
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Auxiliary dates
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Beancount currently doesn't have a concept of aux dates like ledger does,
; although there;s a proposal in beancount to support dates on the posting
; level. In the meantime, aux dates are converted to metadata.
2018-03-28=2018-03-27 * Ledger supports aux dates but beancount currently does not
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
2018-03-28 * Same for aux dates on postings
Assets:A 10.00 EUR ; [=2018-03-27]
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Transaction codes
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; If `code_tag` is set, transaction codes will be converted to metadata
2018-03-28 * (100) Code can be converted to metadata (if `code_tag` is set)
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Narration
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; The narration has to be quoted in beancount
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "Ledger's payee becomes the narration"
2018-03-28 * Ledger's payee becomes the narration
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "Ledger's payee becomes the narration - \"quotes\" are handled"
2018-03-28 * Ledger's payee becomes the narration - "quotes" are handled
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Payees
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Ledger does not distinguish between payee and narration (a description,
; basically a "memo" field). Beancount does.
; ledger2beancount offers several features to obtain a payee.
; `payee_split`: can be used split the ledger payee into payee and
; narration
; For example:
; payee_split:
; - (?<narration>.*?)\s+\((?<payee>.*)\)
; This puts everything in brackets as the payee. The rest is used
; as the narration
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "Tesco" "Supermarket"
2018-03-28 * Supermarket (Tesco)
Assets:A 10.00 GBP
Assets:B
; `payee_match` will assign a payee based on the match
; payee_match:
; - ^Oyster top-up: TfL
; Assign payee "TfL" to everything matching "Oyster top-up".
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "TfL" "Oyster top-up"
2018-03-28 * Oyster top-up
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; `payee_tag` and `payer_tag`
; Use metadata with the key from `payee_tag` or `payer_tag` for payee.
; payee_tag: payee
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "Martin "Test"
2018-03-28 * Test
; Payee: Martin
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; payer_tag: payer
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "Martin "Test"
2018-03-28 * Test
; Payer: Martin
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Metadata
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Beancount doesn't use comments for tags or metadata
; For metadata, you write
; key: "value"
2018-03-28 * Metadata
; key: value
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; Metadata keys can be converted to different keys with `metadata_map`
; metadata_map:
; foo: bar
; beancount:
; bar: "test"
2018-03-28 * Metadata keys can be converted: foo -> bar
; foo: test
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; In beancount, metadata values generally have to be quoted.
; ledger allows typed metadata (`key::`) and this is not quoted
; in beancount. This makes sense in certain cases (e.g. dates),
; but might not be the right thing for you.
; beancount:
; year: 2017
2018-03-28 * Typed metadata is not quoted
; Year:: 2017
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Tags
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Tags: you put them after the narration in beancount (but on the same
; line)
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "Tag" #test
2018-03-28 * Tag
; :test:
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; In ledger, you can declare tags:
tag foo
; This is not required in beancount and there's no way to do it, so
; ledger2beancount skips all tag declarations. (It handles ledger's
; "apply tag" correctly, though)
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Links
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Links in beancount allow you to link different transactions together
; (put `^foo` on the narration line to add a link `foo`)
; `link_match` allows you to change tags to links. If it matches, it
; will become a ^link instead of a #tag.
; link_match:
; - ^\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d-
; beancount: 2018-03-28 * "Tag" #test ^2018-03-28-test
2018-03-28 * Tag and link
; :test:2018-03-28-test:
Assets:A 10.00 EUR
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Comments
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Comments are the same in beancount as in ledger (except that you don't
; use comments for tags and metadata).
; comment
2018-03-28 * Show comments
Assets:A 10.00 EUR ; comment
Assets:B ; comment
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Virtual costs
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; beancount doesn't have the concept of virtual costs at the moment.
; Maybe this feature will come in the future.
; For now, they are converted to "normal" costs
; (@) -> @
2018-03-28 * beancount lacks support for virtual costs
Assets:A 10.00 EUR (@) 0.88 GBP
Assets:B
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Lots
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
2018-03-28 * Lots are supported
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" {36.11 EUR}
Assets:B
; The syntax for lot dates and lot notes are different
; beancount: 1 DE0002635307 {36.11 EUR, 2018-03-27}
2018-03-28 * Lots dates are different
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" {36.11 EUR} [2018-03-27]
Assets:B
; beancount: 1 DE0002635307 {36.11 EUR, "Note!"}
2018-03-28 * Lots notes are different
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" {36.11 EUR} (Note!)
Assets:B
; beancount: 1 DE0002635307 {36.11 EUR, 2018-03-27, "Note!"}
2018-03-28 * Lots date and lot note
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" {36.11 EUR} [2018-03-27] (Note!)
Assets:B
; Lots, costs and prices
2018-03-28 * Conversions are handled
Assets:Test 10.00 EUR @ 0.90 GBP
Assets:B
; But the semantics are different!
; In ledger, the transaction above actually creates a lot (check with
; `--lots`), i.e. we now have 10.00 EUR at a cost of 0.90 GBP (on
; 2018-03-28)
; ledger --flat --lots bal assets:test
; 10.00 EUR {0.90 GBP} [2018-03-28] Assets:Test
; You think you can do this:
2018-03-28 * Remove this lot (wrong!)
Expenses:Purchase 5.00 EUR
Assets:Test -5.00 EUR
; but this does not remove the lot!
; ledger --flat --lots bal assets:test
; -5.00 EUR
; 10.00 EUR {0.90 GBP} [2018-03-28] Assets:Test
; Right, we removed 5.00 EUR but we still have the 10.00 EUR held at
; a unit cost of 0.90 GBP with date 2018-03-28
; Many ledger users are not aware because they never look at the
; lot info with `--lots`.
; You'd have to do:
2018-03-28 * Remove this lot (correct)
Expenses:Purchase 4.50 GBP
Assets:Test -5.00 EUR {0.90 GBP} [2018-03-28]
; Beancount handles this differently
; And this is why the last transaction will generate an error
; in beancount (convert this file with ledger2beancount and
; check with `bean-check`). (In fact, the other reason it
; A simple conversion `A @ B` does not associate a cost. In fact, we
; shouldn't say "simple conversion" here. `A @ B` means `A` at price
; `B`. It's a *price*.
; In ledger, as we've seen, a price creates a lot (associates a cost
; in beancount lingo).
; If you want to associate a cost in beancount, you have to use
; `A {B}`
; So in the last transaction, we remove something held at a cost
; but it doesn't exist (not in beancount because `@` doesn't
; create a cost). And so beancount gives an error. (Ledger
; generates a lot. But even more so, you can remove lots which
; don't exist. Ledger allows this silently.)
; This creates a cost in beancount:
2018-03-28 * A cost
Assets:A 10.00 EUR {0.90 GBP}
Assets:B
; But do we really want to do that with currencies? Let's say
; your operating currency is GBP. You travel to Spain, exchange
; some GBP to EUR, spend some and some are left in your wallet
; after your return. Next year you go again and you exchange
; some more;
; So now you have 10 EUR at 0.90 GBP from last time and 120 EUR
; at 0.88 GBP from this time.
; You can track this using a cost:
; 10.00 EUR {0.90 GBP}
; 120.00 EUR {0.88 GBP}
; But do you want to?
; In most cases, the answer is no. So don't use a cost in beancount.
; Use a price.
; Hmm, but now it gets tricky.
; What if we have `A @ B` in ledger. Should it be a price or a cost
; in beancount? As we saw in the example of our holiday in Spain,
; we want a price. But if I'm buying shares/stocks in a company,
; I definitely want to retain the cost. I own a certain number of
; shares bought at a certain price.
2018-03-28 * Shares with cost
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" {36.11 EUR}
Assets:B
; But in ledger, many people write this as:
2018-03-28 * Shares with cost
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" @ 36.11 EUR
Assets:B
; because, as we've seen, it creates a lot with the right
; information.
; Ok, so we have:
2018-03-28 * Currency -> currency
Assets:A 10.00 EUR @ 0.90 GBP
Assets:B
; and
2018-03-28 * Shares with cost
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" @ 36.11 EUR
Assets:B
; It's the same syntax but a different meaning!
; Fortunately, it's fairly straightforward to differentiate.
; ledger2beancount differentiates between "currencies" (which could
; not have a cost) and "commodities" (which should have a cost).
; Note that beancount itself uses these terms interchangeably, but
; in terms of ledger2beancount there is a difference.
;
; If we find `A @ B`, we'll keep `A @ B` (`A` at price `B`, no
; cost is retained) if it's a currency. But if it's a commodity,
; we'll convert `A @ B` to `A {B}`.
; If a commodity has 3 characters (like EUR, USD, GBP), we assume
; it's a currency. The variable `currency_is_commodity` can override
; this. This is useful for ETH or BTC which have 3 characters. (You
; may want to use XETH and XBTC btw.)
;
; And we have `commodity_is_currency` to say that a commodity is a
; currency. For example, if you track hotel points or airline miles
; in ledger/beancount, you probably don't want to keep a cost
; around.
; Some examples:
; beancount: 10.00 EUR @ 0.88 GBP
2018-03-28 * Two currencies: don't keep cost
Assets:A 10.00 EUR @ 0.88 GBP
Assets:B
; beancount: 1 DE0002635307 {36.11 EUR}
2018-03-28 * Commodity: keep cost
Assets:A 1 "DE0002635307" @ 36.11 EUR
Assets:B
; currency_is_commodity:
; - BTC
; beancount: 1 BTC {6482 EUR}
2018-03-28 * What looks like a currency but isn't
Assets:A 1 BTC @ 6482 EUR
Assets:B
; commodity_is_currency:
; - MILESMORE
; beancount: 10.00 EUR @ 3000 MILESMORE
2018-03-28 * What looks like a commodity but isn't - get a 10 EUR voucher for 3000 Miles&More points
Assets:A 10.00 EUR @@ 3000 "M&M"
Assets:B
; We hope that covers all cases!
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Balance assertions
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; beancount has a "balance" directive
; There is a subtle difference though:
; ledger evaluates them at the end of the transaction
; beancount evaluates balance assertions at the *beginning* of the day
; ledger2beancount therefore schedules the balance assertion for the
; day *after* the original transaction. But this assumes that there
; are no other transactions on the same day that change the balance
; again for this account.
2018-03-28 * Balance asserts are evaluated immediately in ledger, not so in beancount
Assets:Bal 10.00 EUR = 10.00 EUR
Equity:Opening-Balance -10.00 EUR
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Automated transactions
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Automated transactions are not supported in beancount, so ledger2beancount
; comments them out. You may have to write a beancount plugin.
= expr true
Assets:A 50.00 USD
Assets:B -50.00 USD
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Periodic transactions
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Periodic transactions are not supported in beancount, so ledger2beancount
; comments them out. You may have to write a beancount plugin.
~ Yearly
Expenses:Auto:Repair $500.00
Assets
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Inline math
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Ledger and beancount both allow inline math. ledger2beancount handles
; simple cases only! Basically, divisions and multiplications. And
; In beancount, the brackets are different:
; 1 GBP @ (1/1.14 EUR) -> 1 GBP @ (1/1.14) EUR
2018-03-26 * Simple inline math
Assets:Test1 1 GBP @ (1/1.14 EUR)
Assets:Test2 -0.88 EUR
2018-03-26 * Simple inline math
Assets:Test1 (1 * 3 GBP)
Assets:Test2 -3 GBP
; Ledger allows *a lot*, e.g. (1 EUR + 2 EUR). I don't know what beancount
; allows, but ledger2beancount doesn't handle any complex expressions.
; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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