# You Need A Budget (YNAB) Import

**URL:** <https://community.emma-app.com/t/you-need-a-budget-ynab-import/4358>\
**Category:** Feedback & Ideas\
**Created:** [July 2, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/you-need-a-budget-ynab-import/4358 "2021-07-02T07:48:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![neil-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a5b964/32.png) [@neil-r](https://community.emma-app.com/u/neil-r)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/you-need-a-budget-ynab-import/4358/1 "2021-07-02T07:48:59Z")

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I like the app, particularly the ease of adding accounts. It looks like the budgeting features are strong, but I find it daunting to setup a new budgeting system as I’ve spent a long time on YNAB. If it were possible to import categories, goals & historical transactions and assuming there is wide feature matching, I would drop YNAB in a heart beat. What are the chances?

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**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/you-need-a-budget-ynab-import/4358/2 "2021-07-02T09:24:47Z")

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Hey @neil-r

This would be very cool!

I’ve not used YNAB before - can you export all of this information to a CSV file?

If you can, we should eventually be able to import the data into Emma (we have “import CSV file” on our [long-term roadmap!](https://www.notion.so/emmafinance/Emma-Transparent-Product-Roadmap-e2844fc1e3174d20a04dcc1a4e85d2c9))

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**Author:** ![neil-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a5b964/32.png) [@neil-r](https://community.emma-app.com/u/neil-r)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/you-need-a-budget-ynab-import/4358/3 "2021-07-02T09:42:37Z")

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You can export, but there’s also an API which looks fairly comprehensive so a migration tool should be possible. If you have an api then maybe someone in the community might make one 😉

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**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/you-need-a-budget-ynab-import/4358/4 "2021-07-02T15:51:55Z")

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Haha are you offering? 😀