Other Reports

There are some other reports and command functions that are useful but outside the scope of this workshop.

Special balance reports

cleared : Shows a special balance view that more visibly shows balances when there are transactions that have not yet cleared, e.g. a check is in the mail.
equity: Prints current account balances as a single transaction. Useful for summarizing previous years as an opening balances transaction on a fresh ledger.

Keeping a Tidy Transaction Log

print : Prints all transactions nicely formatted with the minimal text necessary to represent the transaction. Useful for sorting transactions that were entered out of order.

Exporting for Other Programs

While the Plain Text Ecosystem has a lot of useful tools, a few other commands facilitate interacting with other programs.

csv : Outputs transactions in CSV format.
xml : Outputs transactions in XML format.