Where the budget line comes from
Nobody re-enters a budget every month in YAFFA. Planned values are expanded from your recurring budget definitions into monthly instances, up to your configured planning horizon — so the budget line on this chart is only as accurate as the recurring items behind it. If a category looks unexpectedly off-plan, check the underlying schedule on the budgets and scheduled transactions screen before assuming the actual spending is the problem.
A direction tool, not a monthly scorecard
This chart is built to answer is this category drifting?, not did I hit this month's target exactly? Broad category selections make for a less specific story; narrow ones can produce a sparse chart. Multi-currency comparisons are normalized to your base currency for a practical, interpretive view rather than formal accounting precision.
The supporting table underneath
Below the chart, a table lists the scheduled and budgeted transactions feeding the selected categories — start date, schedule, next date, active status, and type — with direct actions to edit, clone, replace, or delete. It is the fastest way to go from a chart that looks off-plan to the recurring definition responsible for it.