# Smart Rules To Auto-Categorise Activity Based on Preset Keywords or Description **URL:** \ **Category:** Emma Pro\ **Created:** [November 30, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/smart-rules-to-auto-categorise-activity-based-on-preset-keywords-or-description/4908 "2021-11-30T17:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@fht](https://community.emma-app.com/u/fht)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/smart-rules-to-auto-categorise-activity-based-on-preset-keywords-or-description/4908/1 "2021-11-30T17:34:14Z")
I find myself manually changing Categories in the App over and over again. It would be awesome if the App allows users to Preset description keywords (or other parameters) to recognise and automatically Categorise entries. ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/smart-rules-to-auto-categorise-activity-based-on-preset-keywords-or-description/4908/2 "2021-11-30T18:11:09Z")
> [@fht](#): > > I find myself manually changing Categories in the App over and over again. Doesn’t the app learn from the edits? After a few it should be consistent unless the reference changes. ---
**Author:** ![Gaoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@Gaoler](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Gaoler)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/smart-rules-to-auto-categorise-activity-based-on-preset-keywords-or-description/4908/3 "2021-11-30T20:56:56Z")
I’ve started using smart rules to categorise transactions in manual accounts, as the automatic category recognition is just broken. I have the following regular payments, for example: Nationwide Credit Card Nationwide [name of family member] Emma just cannot distinguish between the two. 😦 There’s no way to tell the app that’s it’s wrong either. Recategorising just sets the app to one category instead of the other. Another example. I pay different amounts to an insurer for different products. X insurance - £20 per month Y insurance - £5 per month No problem telling the difference with smart rules, but auto categorisation just never gets it right. Smart rules just let you filter transactions with a bit more control and work for annual expenses too, though it’s a bit weird mixing up balances and analytics… ---
**Author:** ![fht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@fht](https://community.emma-app.com/u/fht)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/smart-rules-to-auto-categorise-activity-based-on-preset-keywords-or-description/4908/4 "2022-12-13T15:08:39Z")
Hi Edoardo, Gaoler’s comment describes the challenge perfectly. The Smart Rules function is still a little basic, but I’m sure you have plans to make them Smarter 😀 ---
**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/smart-rules-to-auto-categorise-activity-based-on-preset-keywords-or-description/4908/5 "2022-12-13T17:15:39Z")
> [@Gaoler](#): > > Smart rules just let you filter transactions with a bit more control and work for annual expenses too, though it’s a bit weird mixing up balances and analytics… Yes, we have an internal theory that says the only way to do “learning” is to manually set a rule. This is something we have noticed across the years → no matter how smart we want to make the product, human input is always required