8.3The bank account page

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The header shows the account name with a Plaid feed or Manual tag, Last sync, Code, Pending review, Last txn and Reconciled (the date the account is reconciled and locked through, or Never), and a summary of pending, categorised and excluded counts. Buttons: Refresh feed (connected accounts), Import transactions, Reconcile and — when a reconciliation lock exists — Unlock.

Three tabs, each with a live count:

  • Pending review — bank lines not yet booked.
  • Categorized — lines you have booked, with what each was Categorized as. Uncategorize sends one back to review.
  • Excluded — lines you hid (duplicates, personal items). Restore brings one back; tick several and use the bulk Restore.

#Working the Pending review tab

Each row shows Date, Payee / Description, Reference, Withdrawal or Deposit, a Category picker and an action cluster.

Status tags on a row:

  • Rule match (blue) — a Bank Rule has proposed a category.
  • ✨ Suggested (purple) — LedgersLab predicted a category from how you booked similar lines before. Hover to see the reasoning.
  • Pending — the bank has not fully posted the line yet.

For each line you can:

  1. Pick a category inline — the Category picker is pre-filled with the rule match or suggestion (it says Select income account for a deposit, Select category for a withdrawal). Adjust if needed and click Post. That is the fastest way through a long list.
  2. Open the caret next to Post for the fuller options:
    • Categorize (details)… — a drawer with Category type (Expense, Income, Transfer) and the Account, filtered to sensible choices for that type.
    • Find match — link the bank line to a transaction already in your books (a customer payment, a bill payment, a transfer) instead of creating a duplicate. The drawer shows Perfect matches (amount and date agree) and Possible matches; click Match next to the right one.
    • Categorization history — how similar lines were booked before.
    • Create rule — start a Bank Rule from this line (section 8.7).
    • Exclude — hide the line from review.
  3. Bulk actions — tick several rows and use Categorize (all to one category) or Exclude from the bar that appears; Clear drops the selection.