REPORTS

REPORTS

Review income and spending

Understand which categories contributed to your income and spending, how much each category represents and how activity changed from the previous month.

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BEFORE YOU START

Start with the category totals.

Income and spending analysis groups recorded transactions into categories so you can understand what contributed to the monthly totals.

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Review the total income or spending for the month

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See how much each category contributed

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Use the percentage to understand the category's share

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Compare category activity with the previous month

STEP BY STEP

Let's get it set up.

01

Review your spending categories

Spending analysis groups recorded expenses into categories and shows how much each category contributed to total spending.

SPENDING ANALYSISOctober 2026
TOTAL SPENDINGAED 10,000
HousingAED 4,00040%
GroceriesAED 2,50025%
TransportAED 1,50015%
EntertainmentAED 1,20012%
UtilitiesAED 8008%
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Understand each category's share

The percentage of spend shows how much of your total recorded spending belongs to each category.

GROCERIESAED 2,500
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TOTAL SPENDINGAED 10,000
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SHARE OF SPEND25%
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In this example, one quarter of the month's recorded spending belongs to the Groceries category.

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Compare categories with the previous month

Use the previous-month amount and change indicator to identify categories where recorded spending increased, decreased or appeared for the first time.

CATEGORY COMPARISONOctober vs September
Previous month
CategoryOctoberSeptemberChange
HousingAED 4,000AED 4,0000.0%
GroceriesAED 2,500AED 2,300↑ 8.7%
TransportAED 1,500AED 1,600↓ 6.3%
EntertainmentAED 1,200AED 0New
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An increase or decrease is not automatically good or bad. The comparison helps you identify what changed so you can investigate the activity behind it.

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Review where your income came from

Income analysis uses the same structure to show the categories that contributed to your recorded income for the selected month.

INCOME ANALYSISOctober 2026
TOTAL INCOMEAED 14,000
SalaryAED 12,00085.7%
Other incomeAED 1,50010.7%
Interest incomeAED 2501.8%
RefundsAED 2501.8%
TotalAED 14,000100%
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Use the analysis to decide where to look next

Category analysis helps you identify the areas worth exploring. You can then open a category to see the recorded transactions behind its total.

CATEGORYGroceriesAED 2,500 · 25% of spending
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OPEN CATEGORY4 recorded transactions
04 OctGrocery StoreAED 650
11 OctSupermarketAED 725
18 OctGrocery StoreAED 525
25 OctSupermarketAED 600

FROM TOTALS TO CONTEXT

Understand not only how much changed, but where it changed.

Income and spending analysis turns recorded transaction activity into categories, shares and comparisons that are easier to interpret.

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AMOUNTHow much?Recorded category total.
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SHAREHow significant?Share of income or spending.
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CHANGEWhat moved?Comparison with last month.
MONTHLY TOTALAED 10,000
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CATEGORYGroceries · AED 2,500
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DETAIL4 transactions
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Categories help explain recorded activity. They do not create or change the underlying transactions.

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