tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/problems/394-categoryaccount-confusionInfinite Kind: Discussion 2021-03-22T11:34:27Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/5145152009-10-30T05:59:18Z2009-10-30T05:59:18ZCategory/Account Confusion<div><p>First of all, you're reading the column headings wrong. There is
not a single column heading called "Category Tags." The register is
a two-line register, so in that particular column, the field in the
first line is "Category" and the field in the second line is
"Tags." They are separate fields.</p>
<p>So what you're seeing is a mini-register of all transactions for
a particular category (for example, "Dining"). Because all the
transactions are from the "Dining" category (which is really just
an expense account), the category field is being populated with the
"other side" of the transaction, i.e., the account from which the
funds came. Categories and Accounts are really the same thing (it's
the whole "double-entry" system).</p></div>John Selden