longbook

Monthly reports and sharing them

Reports

longbook draws a report for every month that holds a confirmed charge. It has the month's total, spending by account and by category, and every confirmed charge.

A charge is confirmed when a bank statement or an email proves it, you mark it paid, or you set its amount. A charge that was only planned doesn't count, and a month still to come has no report.

  • Not yet confirmed counts the month's past charges nobody has confirmed, beside the total.
  • Press and hold a charge for Remove from report. The charge stays in your longbook. Put back restores it.
  • Transfers stay out of every report.
  • Reports are in the home currency. Nothing is converted.
  • Each report is a file in the reports folder of your longbook.

Share a report

Share report makes a link and a password. The person opens the link in a browser, types the password, reads the report and comments on each section. They don't need longbook.

  • The password is shown once. Send it separately from the link.
  • The link expires after 3 days. Stop sharing ends it sooner and deletes the shared copy.
  • Pull comments brings their comments into the report in your folder.
  • They see only that one report.

Questions

I lost the password. What now?

longbook can't show it again. Stop sharing, then Share report for a new link and password.

Can my AI make a report?

Yes. Ask: "Create a report in my longbook", or "Make a report of my Goa trip". It shows on the Reports screen.