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[Feature] Ability to create report widgets splitting category with tags in notes #2423
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Originally created by @binarygituser on GitHub (Aug 26, 2025).
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How to split a categoryPie in reports according to tags ? For Example, I have 4 different tags in the category (Shopping) that is part of FunMoney Group. I want to create a pie that shows how much each tag has in expenses for the month. Hierarchy is FunMoney (group) -> Shopping (category) -> kid1/kid2/Parent1/Parent2 (Tags). I want to see a pie that is split according to expenses in each tag. The way report is structured now, it needs to know what tag I am filtering upon (query) and then it shows how much money was spent with notes containing that Tag. Any other way to achieve what I want ?
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We should be able to create a widget for a category that is split acccording to all notes that have tags without having to setup individual queries for each tag.
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2025):
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@tomasgriffin commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025):
I've considered implementing this although tags introduce a many-to-many problem that make it difficult to report on. How would you propose you deal with transactions sharing multiple tags?
Example:
Transaction 1 - £-10.00 (
#one)Transaction 2 - £-10.00 (
#two)Transaction 3 - £-10.00 (
#one,#two)When I split the report based on tag, to which tag do I assign Transaction 3's amount?
As far as I see it there are 3 options:
#one£-20.00,#two£-20.00)#one£-15.00,#two£-15.00)#one£-10.00,#two£-10.00,#one, #two£-10.00)@binarygituser commented on GitHub (Aug 27, 2025):
In my use case, i imagined I would simply split the transaction and assign only one tag per split although keeping the same category for both splits. This adds an additional step to split the transaction, but helps show reporting better. I know actual does not limit 1 tag per transaction, but i tend to have one tag per transaction and split if reqd.
Having said that, among the options you suggest, number 3 makes the most sense to me !
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2026):
duplicate #3130