;doc: bal: update tidy description, example

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@ -289,12 +289,12 @@ and some other things, influencing the overall layout of the report data:
- `--layout=tall`: each commodity is shown on a separate line
- `--layout=bare`: amounts are shown as bare numbers, with commodity symbols in a separate column
- `--layout=tidy`: data is normalised to [tidy] form, with one row per data value.
This is supported with CSV output format only.
Totals and row averages are disabled in this mode (`-N/--no-total` is implied and `-T/--row-total` and `-A/--average` will be ignored).
We currently support this with CSV output only.
In tidy mode, totals and row averages are disabled (`-N/--no-total` is implied and `-T/--row-total` and `-A/--average` will be ignored).
[tidy]: https://vita.had.co.nz/papers/tidy-data.html
These `--layout` values affect some but not all of the [output formats](#output-format), as shown:
These `--layout` modes are supported with some but not all of the [output formats](#output-format):
| - | txt | csv | html | json | sql |
|------|-----|-----|------|------|-----|
@ -388,41 +388,25 @@ Examples:
- Tidy layout produces normalised "tidy data", where every variable is a column and each row
represents a single data point (see <https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tidyr/vignettes/tidy-data.html>).
This is the form of data most easily processed by other software.
Currently we support it with the CSV output format only:
This kind of data is the easiest to process with other software:
```shell
$ hledger -f examples/bcexample.hledger bal assets:us:etrade -3 -O csv --layout=tidy -Y
"account","date","commodity","value"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","GLD","0"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","ITOT","10.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","USD","337.18"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","VEA","12.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","VHT","106.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","GLD","70.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","ITOT","18.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","USD","-98.12"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","VEA","10.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","VHT","18.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","GLD","0"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","ITOT","-11.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","USD","4881.44"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","VEA","14.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","VHT","170.00"
"total","2012","GLD","0"
"total","2012","ITOT","10.00"
"total","2012","USD","337.18"
"total","2012","VEA","12.00"
"total","2012","VHT","106.00"
"total","2013","GLD","70.00"
"total","2013","ITOT","18.00"
"total","2013","USD","-98.12"
"total","2013","VEA","10.00"
"total","2013","VHT","18.00"
"total","2014","GLD","0"
"total","2014","ITOT","-11.00"
"total","2014","USD","4881.44"
"total","2014","VEA","14.00"
"total","2014","VHT","170.00"
$ hledger -f examples/bcexample.hledger bal assets:us:etrade -3 -Y -O csv --layout=tidy
"account","period","start_date","end_date","commodity","value"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","GLD","0"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","ITOT","10.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","USD","337.18"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","VEA","12.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","VHT","106.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","GLD","70.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","ITOT","18.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","USD","-98.12"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","VEA","10.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","VHT","18.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","GLD","0"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","ITOT","-11.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","USD","4881.44"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","VEA","14.00"
"Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","VHT","170.00"
```
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