Variable Market Value

Use case

Variable Market Value is used for commodity and share valuation analysis based on how they are evolving over the time. See Solar Energy Value example how this could be utilized in real life.

Price Data application policy

txn-time

  1. Used Price is based on rates noted in the pricedb. Possible costs recorded in the transactions are ignored.

  2. The price rate recorded in the pricedb, which has the same time as the transaction or the last rate before transaction time, is used.

Configuration

Current Market Value mode is selected either by price.lookup-type = "txn-time" in tackler.toml or by CLI --price.lookup-type=txn-time option.

Variable Market Value and Report commodity settings in tackler.toml
[price]
db-path = "journal/txns/price.db"
lookup-type = "txn-time"
...
[Report]
commodity = "EUR"

See tackler --help for all price related CLI options.

Examples

See Solar Energy Value example how this could be utilized in real life.