tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/general-questions/93707-alphabetise-the-categoriesInfinite Kind: Discussion 2020-04-20T05:10:23Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/480173782020-01-19T06:13:47Z2020-01-19T06:13:48Zalphabetise the categories?<div><p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have just switched from banktivity to moneydance and am entering all of my expense / income categories. I noticed that they do not automatically alphabetise themselves once I'm done. This is not a problem when I am setting up the program, but if I decide to create a new category in the future it will just annoy me that it's not alphabetically listed in the drop down menu when I enter in a new transaction.</p>
<p>Is there a way to automatically alphabetise the categories?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p></div>Stephtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/480173782020-01-19T08:46:51Z2020-01-19T08:47:53Zalphabetise the categories?<div><p>I'm a fellow user.</p>
<p>Categories are in a hierarchical structure but within their section of the hierarchy they are in alphabetical order,</p>
<p>The basic split of categories is Expense categories first then Income categories. So on the expense side it looks something like:</p>
<p>Automotive<br>
Car Insurance Fuel Registration Health<br>
Dental Hospital Physician</p>
<p>Etc</p>
<p>and on the income side</p>
<p>Interest<br>
Cash Management Term Deposits Dividends<br>
Foreign Income</p>
<p>Etc</p>
<p>So the top level categories occur in Alphabetic order and their sub categories are in alphabetic order underneath them.</p>
<p>In drop down lists the category is given from the top down with each level separated by a colon, so with one of the examples from above would show Interest:Term Deposits.</p>
<p>You can see the structure if you go to the menu item Tools --> Categories</p>
<p>As the Category field is also used for transfers in account registers the account list is shown first in the drop down.</p></div>dwgtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/480173782020-01-20T05:06:17Z2020-01-20T05:06:20Zalphabetise the categories?<div><p>Hi dwg,</p>
<p>Thanks for your quick reply. I figured it out. The new and old categories and sub categories automatically alphabetise themselves after Moneydance is closed and reopened the next time. =)</p>
<p>I was just too impatient and wanted it alphabetised as soon as I hit "done".</p>
<p>Cheers</p></div>Steph