# `budget_categories`

**Module:** Budget

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## Purpose

User-defined budget categories (Venue, Catering, etc.). Organizes expense line items.

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## Columns (Summary)

| Column | Notes |
|--------|-------|
| `id BIGINT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PK` | — |
| `workspace_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL FK→workspaces` | — |
| `name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL` | — |
| `sort_order INT DEFAULT 0` | — |
| `is_deleted TINYINT(1) DEFAULT 0` | — |
| `created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP` | — |
| `updated_at DATETIME NULL` | — |
| `deleted_at DATETIME NULL` | — |

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## Referenced By

budget_expenses(category_id)

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## Notes

See `docs/database/RELATIONSHIP.md` for full entity relationships and `database/schema.sql` for authoritative DDL.