New: Payees for postings
John Wiegley
If a posting has the metadata field "Payee" set to a string, that will be
used as the payee name for that posting. This affects the register report,
the payees report, and the --by-payee option.
Why I needed this is because sometimes I send, say, 4 checks at a time to
my bank. So on my bank statement, this is all just one amount:
2010-06-17 Sample
Assets:Bank $400.00
Income:Check1 $-100.00
Income:Check2 $-100.00
Income:Check3 $-100.00
Income:Check4 $-100.00
Well, although it's important that the Assets:Bank posting be a single
posting of $400 value, I'd like for income reports to show whom each check
came from. Now I can say:
2010-06-17 Sample
Assets:Bank $400.00
Income:Check1 $-100.00 ; Payee: Person One
Income:Check2 $-100.00 ; Payee: Person Two
Income:Check3 $-100.00 ; Payee: Person Three
Income:Check4 $-100.00 ; Payee: Person Four
When I report this, it appears as:
10-Jun-17 Sample Assets:Bank $400.00 $400.00
Person One Income:Check1 $-100.00 $300.00
Person Two Income:Check2 $-100.00 $200.00
Person Three Income:Check3 $-100.00 $100.00
Person Four Income:Check4 $-100.00 0
This shows that they are all in the same transaction (which is why the date
is not repeated), but they have different payees now.
John
TR
Just to be clear, the metadata field "Payee" can be below each
posting?
2010-06-17 Check Run 1234-1237
Liablities:AcctsPay $400.00
Assets:Checking $-100.00
; Payee: Person One
; Project: ABC
; Chk: 1234
Assets:Checking $-100.00
; Payee: Person Two
; Project: DEF
; Chk: 1235
Assets:Checking $-100.00
; Payee: Person Three
; Project: GHI
; Chk: 1236
Assets:Checking $-100.00
; Payee: Person Four
; Project: XXX
; Chk: 1237
John Wiegley
> Just to be clear, the metadata field "Payee" can be below each
> posting?
Yes, that is the intended usage actually.
John