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echo $PATH. If the fava dir is not in there, add a line to your zsh startup file that adds it to PATH at startup. If you already did that, you may need to also reload the zsh startup file, or just open a new terminal window.
python -m build or another pep517 compatible tool to build/install it. See, e.g., the "Installation" section of the Arch Python package guidelines: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python_package_guidelines
So for context I run a weird little partnership of freelancers who run projects through the company. I have two initial questions:
Question 1: Tracking project funds
Each project is treated kind of like a fund -- which is to say each project has its own set of assets / funds associated with the project, ultimately managed by the project's owner. I'm treating these assets as sub-accounts of our primary bank account.
So for instance:
2017-09-01 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:GeneralOperating
2018-03-18 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectA
2018-12-10 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectBThis is reasonable, but it does mean that I'm not able to track project resources until after a payment (e.g. I can't see what AccountsPayable / AccountsReceivable entries are associated with a project)
The other issue is that some of our projects have money in a second, non-USD, bank account. This just means I would have to have mirrored sub-accounts for those projects.
I looked into in using #tags to track project-based transactions but was blocked because sometimes a transaction might involve more than one project (e.g. a vendor might bill for more than one project in a single invoice) so I'm a bit stumped.
Question 2: Tracking Accounts Payable / vendors)
We also have vendors who help do some of the work who will invoice us. I want to be able to track how much we owe any given vendor, so I have created sub accounts of AccountsPayable. Also, at the end of the year I need to know how much I paid a given vendor for 1099-NECs, so I have sub-accounts of Expenses:
2018-08-20 open Expenses:Wages:JaneDoe USD
2018-08-20 open Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe USDI'll pause there for now -- are sub accounts the best way to handle this? The downside of this approach is that I have a ton more accounts (e.g. every time I add a new vendor I have to explicitly open an account for them; every time I close the books for the year I have to zero out each expense account individually).
Truly my goal is to be able to generate those two reports for the vendors (how much do I owe each vendor, and how much did I pay each vendor in a given fiscal period)
:point_up: Edit: So for context I run a weird little partnership of freelancers who run projects through the company. I have two initial questions:
Question 1: Tracking project funds
Each project is treated kind of like a fund -- which is to say each project has its own set of assets / funds associated with the project, ultimately managed by the project's owner. I'm treating these assets as sub-accounts of our primary bank account.
So for instance:
2017-09-01 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:GeneralOperating
2018-03-18 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectA
2018-12-10 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectBThis is reasonable, but it does mean that I'm not able to track project resources until after a payment (e.g. I can't see what AccountsPayable / AccountsReceivable entries are associated with a project)
The other issue is that some of our projects have money in a second, non-USD, bank account. This just means I would have to have mirrored sub-accounts for those projects.
I looked into in using #tags to track project-based transactions but was blocked because sometimes a transaction might involve more than one project (e.g. a vendor might bill for more than one project in a single invoice) so I'm a bit stumped.
Question 2: Tracking Accounts Payable / vendors)
We also have vendors who help do some of the work who will invoice us. I want to be able to track how much we owe any given vendor, so I have created sub accounts of AccountsPayable. Also, at the end of the year I need to know how much I paid a given vendor for 1099-NECs, so I have sub-accounts of Expenses:
2018-08-20 open Expenses:Wages:JaneDoe USD
2018-08-20 open Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe USDAnd then an invoice might be:
2018-08-20 * "Jane Doe " "invoice" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe 253.00 USD
Expenses:Wages:JaneDoeand a payment might be
2018-10-29 * "Jane Doe" "payment" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1 #ProjectA
Assets:Chase:Checking:ProjectA -253.00 USD
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoeI'll pause there for now -- are sub accounts the best way to handle this? The downside of this approach is that I have a ton more accounts (e.g. every time I add a new vendor I have to explicitly open an account for them; every time I close the books for the year I have to zero out each expense account individually).
Truly my goal is to be able to generate those two reports for the vendors (how much do I owe each vendor, and how much did I pay each vendor in a given fiscal period)
:point_up: Edit: So for context I run a weird little partnership of freelancers who run projects through the company. I have two initial questions:
Question 1: Tracking project funds
Each project is treated kind of like a fund -- which is to say each project has its own set of assets / funds associated with the project, ultimately managed by the project's owner. I'm treating these assets as sub-accounts of our primary bank account.
So for instance:
2017-09-01 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:GeneralOperating
2018-03-18 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectA
2018-12-10 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectBThis is reasonable, but it does mean that I'm not able to track project resources until after a payment (e.g. I can't see what AccountsPayable / AccountsReceivable entries are associated with a project)
The other issue is that some of our projects have money in a second, non-USD, bank account. This just means I would have to have mirrored sub-accounts for those projects.
I looked into in using #tags to track project-based transactions but was blocked because sometimes a transaction might involve more than one project (e.g. a vendor might bill for more than one project in a single invoice) so I'm a bit stumped.
Question 2: Tracking Accounts Payable / vendors)
We also have vendors who help do some of the work who will invoice us. I want to be able to track how much we owe any given vendor, so I have created sub accounts of AccountsPayable. Also, at the end of the year I need to know how much I paid a given vendor for 1099-NECs, so I have sub-accounts of Expenses:
2018-08-20 open Expenses:Wages:JaneDoe USD
2018-08-20 open Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe USDAnd then an invoice might be:
2018-08-20 * "Jane Doe " "invoice" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe 253.00 USD
Expenses:Wages:JaneDoeand a payment might be
2018-10-29 * "Jane Doe" "payment" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1
Assets:Chase:Checking:ProjectA -253.00 USD
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoeI'll pause there for now -- are sub accounts the best way to handle this? The downside of this approach is that I have a ton more accounts (e.g. every time I add a new vendor I have to explicitly open an account for them; every time I close the books for the year I have to zero out each expense account individually).
Truly my goal is to be able to generate those two reports for the vendors (how much do I owe each vendor, and how much did I pay each vendor in a given fiscal period)
:point_up: Edit: So for context I run a weird little partnership of freelancers who run projects through the company. I have two initial questions:
Question 1: Tracking project funds
Each project is treated kind of like a fund -- which is to say each project has its own set of assets / funds associated with the project, ultimately managed by the project's owner. I'm treating these assets as sub-accounts of our primary bank account.
So for instance:
2017-09-01 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:GeneralOperating
2018-03-18 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectA
2018-12-10 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectBThis is reasonable, but it does mean that I'm not able to track project resources until after a payment (e.g. I can't see what AccountsPayable / AccountsReceivable entries are associated with a project)
The other issue is that some of our projects have money in a second, non-USD, bank account. This just means I would have to have mirrored sub-accounts for those projects.
I looked into in using #tags to track project-based transactions but was blocked because sometimes a transaction might involve more than one project (e.g. a vendor might bill for more than one project in a single invoice) so I'm a bit stumped.
Question 2: Tracking Accounts Payable / vendors)
We also have vendors who help do some of the work who will invoice us. I want to be able to track how much we owe any given vendor, so I have created sub accounts of AccountsPayable. Also, at the end of the year I need to know how much I paid a given vendor for 1099-NECs, so I have sub-accounts of Expenses:
2018-08-20 open Expenses:Wages:JaneDoe USD
2018-08-20 open Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe USDAnd then an invoice might be:
2018-08-20 * "Jane Doe " "invoice" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe -253.00 USD
Expenses:Wages:JaneDoeand a payment might be
2018-10-29 * "Jane Doe" "payment" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1
Assets:Chase:Checking:ProjectA -253.00 USD
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoeI'll pause there for now -- are sub accounts the best way to handle this? The downside of this approach is that I have a ton more accounts (e.g. every time I add a new vendor I have to explicitly open an account for them; every time I close the books for the year I have to zero out each expense account individually).
Truly my goal is to be able to generate those two reports for the vendors (how much do I owe each vendor, and how much did I pay each vendor in a given fiscal period)
:point_up: Edit: So for context I run a weird little partnership of freelancers who run projects through the company. I have two initial questions:
Question 1: Tracking project funds
Each project is treated kind of like a fund -- which is to say each project has its own set of assets / funds associated with the project, ultimately managed by the project's owner. I'm treating these assets as sub-accounts of our primary bank account.
So for instance:
2017-09-01 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:GeneralOperating
2018-03-18 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectA
2018-12-10 open Assets:MyBank:Checking:ProjectBThis is reasonable, but it does mean that I'm not able to track project resources until after a payment (e.g. I can't see what AccountsPayable / AccountsReceivable entries are associated with a project)
The other issue is that some of our projects have money in a second, non-USD, bank account. This just means I would have to have mirrored sub-accounts for those projects.
I looked into in using #tags to track project-based transactions but was blocked because sometimes a transaction might involve more than one project (e.g. a vendor might bill for more than one project in a single invoice) so I'm a bit stumped.
Question 2: Tracking Accounts Payable / vendors
We also have vendors who help do some of the work who will invoice us. I want to be able to track how much we owe any given vendor, so I have created sub accounts of AccountsPayable. Also, at the end of the year I need to know how much I paid a given vendor for 1099-NECs, so I have sub-accounts of Expenses:
2018-08-20 open Expenses:Wages:JaneDoe USD
2018-08-20 open Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe USDAnd then an invoice might be:
2018-08-20 * "Jane Doe " "invoice" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoe -253.00 USD
Expenses:Wages:JaneDoeand a payment might be
2018-10-29 * "Jane Doe" "payment" ^2018-08-20-invoice-jdoe-1
Assets:Chase:Checking:ProjectA -253.00 USD
Liabilities:AccountsPayable:JaneDoeI'll pause there for now -- are sub accounts the best way to handle this? The downside of this approach is that I have a ton more accounts (e.g. every time I add a new vendor I have to explicitly open an account for them; every time I close the books for the year I have to zero out each expense account individually).
Truly my goal is to be able to generate those two reports for the vendors (how much do I owe each vendor, and how much did I pay each vendor in a given fiscal period)
I should probably learn what running a report is 😅
I think your second suggestion (running the report on the internal abstraction / on the project, rather than the external structure / the account) would be easier to swing simply because when I'm ingesting data from my bank account (e.g. for the example vendor payment above) the account the statement / data is related to is Assets:MyBank:Checking, not broken down by project.
(ty by the way, I'll check this out!)
project: MyProjectA or whatever (I can't tell if this would get super tedious, or if this is simply the intention of metadata... I truly truly wish I could use #tags since it seems the fava interface treats tags as a first class piece of metadata in its UX)
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