On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 10:56 AM Scott A. Nichols <[email protected]> wrote: > > ok, thanks for the responses. I don't want to stop using ledger because it's > the only program I have ever enjoyed and I've tried many. My work around (in > case anyone ever has this problem in the future) is I created an excel file > with the same formatting as ledger's budgeting system. The excel file will > automatically calculate the exchange rates from my base currency to the > foreign currency. > > In ledger I run ledger -f ledgerfile.ledger bal expenses -p "this month" > > I transfer the expense categories into my excel file and I immediately see my > budget in my base currency in all categories. It's a tiny bit of extra work > but it works and more importantly I can keep using ledger using this method. > > The issue that I ran into was the rather common currency fluctuations and when they moved a lot, you know an election here or there or whatever made the forex weenies get their knickers in a twist - - - well then I had to keep pretty close track to have some idea what was going on. I used to use Oanda's online historical calendar but they made it so that it only works one month backwards - - - oh well - - - I haven't been doing as much travelling so haven't worked on finding more 'solution' - - - - your's is a pretty good solution so I just might use some of it for at least forecasting.
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