# When are we getting subcategories? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback & Ideas\ **Created:** [May 7, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510 "2022-05-07T08:22:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimberly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kimberly](https://community.emma-app.com/u/kimberly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/1 "2022-05-07T08:22:11Z")
The Emma forum has multiple posts from past years requesting subcategories. This would be so useful to me. For example, Shopping is a category for me but I’d like to create subcategories like “Clothes” to better track my spending. Can we get a subcategories feature soon please please please ---
**Author:** ![sean.read](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/sean.read/32/1970_2.png) [@sean.read](https://community.emma-app.com/u/sean.read)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/2 "2022-05-07T09:53:16Z")
If you’re on the paid version, I’d create a custom category called clothes, then hit split payment and put the exact amount you spent on clothes into this new category, should be the sort of work around you’re after. ---
**Author:** ![Gaoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@Gaoler](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Gaoler)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/3 "2022-05-07T15:09:28Z")
I don’t think this is what the op meant. The idea is to have main categories, but be able to see a breakdown within those categories. So, Shopping \> Clothes, books, games, gifts etc ---
**Author:** ![kimberly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kimberly](https://community.emma-app.com/u/kimberly)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/4 "2022-05-07T15:19:54Z")
Gaoler You are correct. That’s what I meant. And I don’t want to do it using tags or notes - I’d like to be able to do it with categories ---
**Author:** ![marynakhapitska](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/marynakhapitska/32/1763_2.png) [@marynakhapitska](https://community.emma-app.com/u/marynakhapitska)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/5 "2022-05-09T10:05:50Z")
@Gaoler @kimberly Thanks for your suggestions. We are working on them. 😊[Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.](https://www.notion.so/emmafinance/Emma-Transparent-Product-Roadmap-e2844fc1e3174d20a04dcc1a4e85d2c9) ---
**Author:** ![Sprinter1067](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/sprinter1067/32/2060_2.png) [@Sprinter1067](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Sprinter1067)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/6 "2022-05-09T21:30:34Z")
I use the hashtags for that, so it seems subcategories would kind of just be a duplication of a feature we already have? ---
**Author:** ![kimberly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kimberly](https://community.emma-app.com/u/kimberly)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/7 "2022-05-09T22:53:44Z")
Hashtags and categories are two _different_ things and there are completely _different_ ways to apply either in the app. I am asking for subcategories like other users have requested over the years. ---
**Author:** ![kimberly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kimberly](https://community.emma-app.com/u/kimberly)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/8 "2022-05-09T22:54:54Z")
Thank you maryna! ---
**Author:** ![Sprinter1067](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/sprinter1067/32/2060_2.png) [@Sprinter1067](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Sprinter1067)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 8:36am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/9 "2022-05-10T08:36:13Z")
They may be called different things but they do perform exactly the function you described in your original post. I already do exactly what you are trying to achieve, but with hashtags. I tag all my shopping as #shopping but then also tag items with things like #clothes, #running, #gadgets etc. depending on what it’s for. So I can see both an overall spend for my shopping, but then a breakdown of exactly which sub category of shopping by simply clicking on the relevant hashtag. The only difference is that you can’t set a budget for hashtags, but you can do analytics from them as you described above. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 9:45am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/10 "2022-05-10T09:45:28Z")
Now that we have added totals in search subcategories might be a bit useless. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kimberly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kimberly](https://community.emma-app.com/u/kimberly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/11 "2022-05-10T10:05:39Z")
What do you mean by totals in search? Also, the “only difference” is actually useful ---
**Author:** ![kimberly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kimberly](https://community.emma-app.com/u/kimberly)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/12 "2022-05-10T10:08:54Z")
There’s a difference between function and how a tool is accessed through the user interface. Based on how Emma is designed, categories are way easier to edit than tags (at least in my opinion). ---
**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:** [May 10, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/13 "2022-05-10T11:12:32Z")
> [@kimberly](#): > > What do you mean by totals in search? We have added the total of all transactions. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/14 "2025-07-23T10:49:50Z")
Hey guys, we are designing sub-categories and wanted to get some feedback. Would you want to use them just for analytics or also for budgeting? Setting a budget on a top category and then having sub-budgets might create a few challenges, but we are still open. ---
**Author:** ![Vladanm999](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/vladanm999/32/2089_2.png) [@Vladanm999](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Vladanm999)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/15 "2025-07-23T16:22:11Z")
I would want budgets for sub categories so j can group food to be one category and then add eating out and groceries to that as sub categories ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/16 "2025-07-23T16:30:52Z")
so you have something like: Food budget: £300 Eating out: £200 Groceries: £100 In this way the total between eating out and groceries can never be bigger than the food budget; makes sense? ---
**Author:** ![aurelian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/aurelian/32/2497_2.png) [@aurelian](https://community.emma-app.com/u/aurelian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/17 "2025-07-23T16:53:17Z")
@Vladanm999 is this something you expect? ```auto [Food] (£300) ├─ [Eating Out] (£200) └─ [Groceries] (£100) └─ [Items like 'Tesco', 'Lidl', etc.] ``` So the total budget for **Food** is £300, which includes sub-budgets like **Eating Out** and **Groceries**. Each sub-category has its own budget, and within those, you can track individual items or stores. * * * **Blueprint for the budgeting structure:** ```auto [Category] (Total budget for category) ├─ [Sub-category] (Budget for sub-category) │ └─ [Items] (Optional, individual expenses or stores) ├─ [Sub-category] └─ [Sub-category] ``` I suppose would benice to have more sub-categories withing the sub-categories up to 3-4 levels as well. Is that what you want? ---
**Author:** ![Vladanm999](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/vladanm999/32/2089_2.png) [@Vladanm999](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Vladanm999)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/18 "2025-07-23T18:44:40Z")
Yes exactly that ---
**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:** [July 28, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/19 "2025-07-28T14:52:39Z")
We have some early designs: ![Screenshot 2025-07-28 at 15.52.22](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/emma_app/original/2X/f/f6921352a78a849458132f988b80342948ab5b5c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Vladanm999](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/vladanm999/32/2089_2.png) [@Vladanm999](https://community.emma-app.com/u/Vladanm999)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510/20 "2025-07-29T13:51:04Z")
Not bad i do think it would be good to be able to collapse and expand a category to view the dub categories on the main analytics/budget page to get a quick view of the progress then tap the category or subcategory to see the trans actions [Next page](https://community.emma-app.com/t/when-are-we-getting-subcategories/5510.md?page=2)