YNAB (You Need A Budget)
Notify Microsoft Teams when You Need a Budget category is overspent
This trigger fires when spending in a category exceeds the budgeted amount for the current month.
Developer info
- API endpoint slug
- you_need_a_budget.category_overspent
Trigger fields
Category Dropdown list
- Label
- Category
- Helper text
- Choose a plan and category, or pick "Any category" within a plan to monitor all of its categories.
- Slug
- category_id
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- false
Ingredients
Category name The name of the overspent category.
- Slug
- category_name
- Filter code
- YouNeedABudget.categoryOverspent.CategoryName
- Type
- String
- Example
- Dining Out
Budgeted amount The amount budgeted for this category.
- Slug
- budgeted_amount
- Filter code
- YouNeedABudget.categoryOverspent.BudgetedAmount
- Type
- String
- Example
- 200.00
Spent amount The total amount spent in this category.
- Slug
- spent_amount
- Filter code
- YouNeedABudget.categoryOverspent.SpentAmount
- Type
- String
- Example
- 245.75
Available The remaining amount available in this category (negative when overspent).
- Slug
- balance
- Filter code
- YouNeedABudget.categoryOverspent.Available
- Type
- String
- Example
- -45.75
Month The month the category applies to.
- Slug
- month
- Filter code
- YouNeedABudget.categoryOverspent.Month
- Type
- String
- Example
- April 2026
Occurred at When the overspend was detected.
- Slug
- occurred_at
- Filter code
- YouNeedABudget.categoryOverspent.OccurredAt
- Type
- Date with time (ISO8601)
- Example
- 2020-07-08T04:17:06+05:00
