Currently when a running split is settled, the settlement value is categorised as ‘General’. It would be great if it was automatically categorised based on the underlying transactions.
For example - if I add a ‘groceries’ payment of £100 to a running split, when the tab is settled, £50 should be credited to the ‘Groceries’ category.
Currently the whole settlement payment goes to ‘General’ which skews the trends and undermines any specific category budgets thar have been set up.
In theory it sounds simple and I agree it would be appreciated, but the tech side of it not so.
Does the settle payment show as one lump sum?
On payment from the other party, the system would have to break it down to each individual split which could be a nightmare for engineers.
Would it be a nightmare though? It would just be half the value of everything I add to the tab (per category), and then a balancing figure (debit or credit) added to general or something?
Currently it’s a single lump sum. My partner just settled a tab with about 50 transactions over 2 months and it’s a single line item in my feed - which isn’t very useful.
I agree it’s not useful, just from a technical standpoint point they’d have to program to take the payment, assign individually then finalise when paying a lump sum.
The tech is there I guess, via Flex as that’s how those payments work
Fingers crossed someone sees this and chips in or starts work on it 