Understanding the Exported CSV Format

The exported CSV file contains the following columns.
  • Column values are separated by commas.
  • Each field is enclosed in double quotation marks (").
  • The file is encoded in UTF-8 and supports special characters (such as emojis).


Account

The name of the account the transaction belongs to.
Example: "My Account"


Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

The date of the transaction.
Format: "YYYY-MM-DD"
Example: "2026-02-26"


Amount

The amount of the transaction.
  • A dot (.) is used as the decimal separator.
  • Thousands separators are not used.
  • A negative value indicates money leaving the account (expense).
  • A positive value indicates money entering the account (income).
Example: "-15600.00"


Currency

The ISO currency code of the transaction (not the currency symbol).
Example: "USD"


Description

The Description field is generated automatically by Pixel Budget and is intended to improve readability when viewing or importing the file into other systems.
Format:"type_of_transaction <vendor_or_payer> category_group/category"
The angle brackets (< >) are part of the generated description and contain the vendor or payer name.
Examples:
  • "Expense <Shell> Car/Fuel Pump Gas"
  • "Income <Microsoft> Job/Dollar Banknote Salary"
  • "Transfer from My Account to Credit Card"


Vendor / Payer

The name of the vendor or payer.
Example: "Shell"
If the transaction type is Transfer, this field is empty ("").


Category Group

The name of the expense or income category group.
Examples:
  • "Car"
  • "Job"
If the transaction type is Transfer, this field is empty ("").


Category

The name of the expense or income category.
Examples:
  • "Fuel Pump Gas"
  • "Dollar Banknote Salary"
If the transaction type is Transfer, this field is empty ("").


Transfer From Account

If the transaction type is Transfer, this field contains the name of the source account.
If the transaction type is Expense or Income, this field is empty ("").


Transfer To Account

If the transaction type is Transfer, this field contains the name of the destination account.
If the transaction type is Expense or Income, this field is empty ("").