Understanding the structure
This financial tracker is built around 4 databases:
- Accounts, Transaction Logs, Spending Categories, and Budgets.
Each database is designed to solve daily challenges for you in an easy way.
Getting Started: creating an account
- Go to Accounts and create an account
- It can be a Bank or Investment
- Loans will be available soon
Defining Categories
By default you have plenty of categories and sub-categories (parent-children). I recommend having a high view of such categories here Spending Categories. In case you need more/less categories or sub-categories:
- Go to
Spending Categories
- Add a new Category, add an emoji and a cover image
- Delete the row (works for both parent and children categories)
Creating Budgets (optional)
Budgets are a fantastic way to help us thrive in our personal finances. However, you can use the template without creating a budget. Indeed, I may recommend using a bunch of days such template and later on start incorporating budgets. In order to create a budget:
- Go to Budget
- Click on the buttons “New” monthly/quarterly/yearly budget
- You need to set:
- Budget Amount
- Start & End Date
- Spending Category (useful for data insights)
By doing that, you should be properly up and running
Creating Transactions
Transactions can be for income and expenses. Therefore, go to FinUA Finance Tracker and check the “Quick Actions” title:
Income
To add an income:
- Click the “New Income” button
- Add the Transaction Amount
- Change the Transaction Date if needed (set to Today by default)
Expense
To add an expense
- Click the “New Expense” button
- Add the Transaction Amount
- Add a Spending Category
- Add an Account
- Link the expense to a a Budget (if needed)
- Transaction Dates are set to Today by default, modify them accordingly
And we are set! Enjoy using the tool 😊