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4. Accounts

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4. Accounts

An account represents a concrete money-holding instrument inside a workspace: bank account, cash, credit card, savings, etc. Every transaction is bound to exactly one account (a transfer touches two — source and destination).

Creating an account

Open the Accounts menu and click + New account.

  • Name (required) — appears in the transaction form and in lists.
  • Type — choose one of:
Type Use for
Bank Current / checking account
Cash Wallet, household cash
Credit card Negative balances allowed
Savings Savings or term deposit
Investment Securities, funds
Other Anything that doesn't fit above
  • Initial balance — transactions change the current balance starting from this value.
  • Active — inactive accounts do not appear in the new-transaction dropdown but stay attached to past transactions.

Current balance

The Current balance updates automatically every time a transaction is created, edited or deleted. It is computed as initial balance + income − expense ± transfers, stored in cents and formatted on display.

Last checked

The Last checked field is a reminder of when you last reconciled this account against an actual bank statement or your wallet. It is informational only and does not affect the balance.

Deletion

An account can only be deleted if no transaction references it. If transactions exist, either set the account inactive to hide it, or delete / reassign the transactions first.

Related chapters

Table of contents
1. Introduction
CaeliBudget is a workspace-based financial management application.
3. Workspaces
A *workspace* is the isolated unit that owns your accounts, categories, transactions and tags. A user can belong to multiple workspaces (e.g. *Household*, *Business*), and every membership is bound to a **role**.
Create or edit a workspace
This page is used to create a new workspace or update the core settings of an existing one.
Workspace onboarding
This page guides you through the first setup steps of a newly created workspace.
Workspace members
This page manages the list of users who can access the workspace and their roles.
9. Dashboard
After sign-in your home screen is the **Dashboard**: a consolidated view of your workspace's balances, spending split, budgets, savings goals and most recent transactions.
4. Accounts
Create or edit an account
This page is used to add a new account or update the settings of an existing one.
5. Categories
Categories let you classify transactions so statistics, budgets, and exports can group them meaningfully.
Create or edit a category
This page is used to create a new category or fine-tune an existing one.
Category statistics
This page shows the detailed activity of a selected category.
4. Transactions
A transaction is the atomic unit of CaeliBudget: every income, expense or transfer is stored as one transaction.
4.1 Create a new transaction
This page is used to quickly and accurately record a new income, expense, or transfer between accounts.
Import transactions from CSV
This page is used for bulk transaction upload from a CSV file.
7. Planned transactions
A *planned transaction* is a template that either automatically generates **real transactions** at a fixed cadence, or pre-generates **planned occurrences** that you confirm before they are booked.
Planned transaction form
This page is used to define regular income, expense, or transfer rules that either generate transactions automatically or create planned occurrences for your review.
8. Budgets
A *budget* defines a cap (or target) for one category over a period of time. CaeliBudget continuously shows where you stand against it.
Budget form
This page is used to create or edit a budget linked to a category.
14. Savings goals
The Savings Goals module helps you separate money reserved for specific targets from day-to-day spending. Each goal is linked to a dedicated virtual account that sits beneath a savings account.
Tag list
This page shows all tags available in the workspace.
Create or edit a tag
This page is used to create a new tag or update an existing one.
Profile page
This page is used to manage your own user details and password.
Accessibility

Adjust display preferences for better readability and usability.

Keyboard shortcuts

A limited desktop-oriented shortcut set. Disabled by default.

Focus a field, then press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a letter or digit. Press Backspace or Delete to clear the binding.
Active only on desktop or installed desktop PWA environments.
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