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Trace spending by merchant or category

Start with a total, choose the right view and check the transactions that explain it.

After signing in, open Help in the sidebar to start an interactive guide.

You need spending transactions in the period you have selected.

How to do it

  1. Open Merchants to compare businesses, or Categories to compare types of spending.
  2. Check the period and currency before you compare amounts.
  3. Open a name for its details, or an amount for the transactions behind it. Edit a transaction only when it is actually wrong.
  4. Use the related articles for merchant charts and filters, or for category groups and budgets.

Once the supporting transactions load, they account for the total. Opening them inside a walkthrough records the spending milestone.

Having trouble?
  • Rankings count posted spending only, leaving out pending activity and transfers. A different transaction filter can give you a different total.
  • Nora never adds amounts across currencies. Use the currency selector to see spending held in another account currency.
  • System category names follow your language. Custom names stay exactly as you typed them.
  • Nora matches bank-provided merchant identities and observed or reviewed names. Merchant names can become more consistent after matching finishes. Activity without a merchant supplied by the bank may stay unassigned. You can correct a transaction’s merchant in its details.

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