From 6f4009d58939111da711050a1bc7a7602e61c438 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 15:44:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] import: doc tweaks [ci skip] --- hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md index 288f22df8..05b039764 100644 --- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md +++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ to see only uncategorised transactions: $ hledger import --dry ... | hledger -f- print unknown --ignore-assertions ``` -Importing balance assignments: +### Importing balance assignments Entries added by import will have their posting amounts made explicit (like `hledger print -x`). -This means that any balance assignments in imported files must be evaluated; +This means that any [balance assignments](/journal.html#balance-assignments) in imported files must be evaluated; but, imported files don't get to see the main file's account balances. As a result, importing entries with balance assignments (eg from an institution that provides only balances and not posting amounts)