<aside> 🧭 Purpose

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A place to track spending, reimbursements, and itemized lists to see if there’s any way to improve spending, or to see if meal planning this way organically reduces spending

<aside> 🗺️ How to Use

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1. Add a new line to the table with the details from the receipt
2. Be sure to link any ingredients directly from the Grocery Shopping database
3. There is a easy access button to add new ingredients if needed (see How-to | Add a New Ingredient for more details)
4. There is also a place to add who purchased it and how much should be reimbursed as well as a check mark once it has been paid out
5. The bottom row tallies important sums and percentages to help give a picture of how the money is being spent
6. Once the month is over, hover over the left of the table name to click and drag the table into the Previous Months’ Spending page.
7. By hitting the “New Month” button it will create a brand new table. Rename it to the current month and year and begin again.

<aside> ⚙ Technicals

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• A table with the following columns:
  • Date: Clicking here will open a calendar view to select the date of purchase
    • The calculation at the bottom will show the range of dates covered
  • Amount: Enter a basic number (decimals okay) which is the total of the entire purchase
    • The calculation at the bottom will show the sum of the amounts
  • Purchased: A relation column which will let you start typing the name of the ingredient and select.
    • The calculation at the bottom will show the number of items purchased (at least food-wise)
  • Store: A single-select column with a list of store’s. If this needs to be adjusted or added to, see How-to | Edit a Property for more details.
  • Who is…: A text column to put the name of the person who made the purchased (if needed)
  • …owed?: If sharing expenses, this number column would the amount the purchases is expected to receive in reimbursement for the purchase.
    • The calculation at the bottom will show the sum of amounts owed
  • Receipt: A file column to easily upload pictures of the receipt for future reference. This is particularly helpful in case the purchase included more than food.
  • Paid: A check box column to indicate whether the amount owed has been paid or not.
    • The calculation at the bottom will show the percentage of purchases that have been reimbursed.
• A page (Previous Months’ Spending) to house all the previous tables in case at any point you wan to go back and see or compare
• Two buttons to help with automation:
  • “Add to Ingredients List” : If you did not have the chance to add a new ingredient purchased, this is a good time. Click the button and then immediately click “open” in the pop-up menu to add the Item name and any relevant details so you can link it in the “Purchased” column.
  • “New Month” : This will bring up a fresh table (with all the specifications ready to go).