Checking for Tag Value in Automated Transaction

[Brandon Olivares]

Hello,

I have an automated transaction where I'm wanting to split up income into different envelope categories when received, based on the value of a tag set on income transactions.

Here's what I tried:

= /^Budget:Available:Income/ and tag BudgetType=Debt

And it works as long as BudgetType is set, but it doesn't care what the value is. If I set BudgetType=Foo, it still works.

How can I test the tag value?

Thanks,
Brandon

[Scott Carpenter]

I don't know if this should be any different, but I always query on tags
with the % symbol, e.g.

%BudgetType=Foo

Post by Brandon Olivares
Hello,
I have an automated transaction where I'm wanting to split up income into
different envelope categories when received, based on the value of a tag
set on income transactions.
= /^Budget:Available:Income/ and tag BudgetType=Debt
And it works as long as BudgetType is set, but it doesn't care what the
value is. If I set BudgetType=Foo, it still works.
How can I test the tag value?
Thanks,
Brandon

[Brandon Olivares]

Thanks, what ended up working was:

= expr 'tag("BudgetType") =~ /^Debt$/'

But one more question: is it possible to use the tag value in a posting of an automated transaction, like for calculating how much goes into a particular account?

I want to have a tax transaction to send a percentage into a liabilities account, but want to have that percentage customizable. Right now my transaction looks like this:

= tag Taxable
Expenses:Tax:2018:Estimated 0.2
Liabilities:Tax:2018:Estimated -0.2

I'd like to be able to change that 0.2 by a tag like TaxRate. Is this possible?

I don't know if this should be any different, but I always query on tags with the % symbol, e.g.
%BudgetType=Foo
Hello,
I have an automated transaction where I'm wanting to split up income into different envelope categories when received, based on the value of a tag set on income transactions.
= /^Budget:Available:Income/ and tag BudgetType=Debt
And it works as long as BudgetType is set, but it doesn't care what the value is. If I set BudgetType=Foo, it still works.
How can I test the tag value?
Thanks,
Brandon
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