Monthly expense overview

The monthly overview is the top part of the Expenses page — it shows how much the family has spent this month and how that spending breaks down across categories. Every family member with access to Expenses sees it; a child, however, only sees the expenses they logged themselves.

Where to find the overview

1. Open Expenses in the main navigation.
2. The overview sits right at the top — there’s nothing to switch or open.
3. On the Dashboard, the Overview → link on the current month’s expenses card leads to the same place.

The overview always shows the current calendar month, and there’s no way to switch to a different one.

What you’ll see

Filtering the table by category

Above the table is a row of category chips plus an All categories chip. Clicking a category shows only that category’s expenses in the table; clicking All categories clears the filter. You can only select one category at a time.

Transactions table

The table has Date, Category, Note, By and Amount columns; the By column hides on narrower screens. Clicking a row opens the expense’s detail.

When there are no expenses yet

If the family hasn’t logged anything for the month yet, the overview and table are replaced by a No expenses yet message with a New expense button that opens the form for logging the first expense.

When the overview fails to load

If the data can’t be downloaded, Nestino doesn’t pretend otherwise: it shows the message “Could not load your expenses. The figures below may be incomplete.” with a Try again button.

How to log an expense is covered in Logging an expense. The categories expenses are split between are managed in Expense categories.