Cannot find text or value inside a split

[DonM]

On 2/13/2013 8:34 AM, Colin Law wrote:

> On 13 February 2013 14:04, DonM <dm413-gc at intielectronics.com> wrote:
>> I want to search my account register for words that appear in the memo field
>> of a split transaction. This doesn't seem to work. I can find words in the
>> description and note fields of the transaction itself, but it never finds
>> anything when I search the memo field. Even if I search for "contains" a
>> single letter such as "A" in the memo field it does not return anything.
>>
>> Similarly, finding a "value" seems to only work for the amounts in the debit
>> and credit fields of the main transaction. I cannot find an amount that is
>> in the debit or credit field of a split.
>
> I believe that if you are in the register for a particular account
> then the search will only search transactions specifically for that
> account, so if the split or amount is, for example, on an expense
> account, but you are looking at the bank account then it will not find
> it.  If you go to the main Accounts tab, that shows all the accounts
> and do the search from there then it should find them.  Or of course
> if you go to the appropriate Expenses account and search from there.

Thanks Colin, you are right, and searching from the accounts page finds the transactions.

On 2/13/2013 David Carlson wrote:

> The manual is not clear and this section is currently being updated.
> Seehttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691762  and
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=604519

Thanks David. These bug reports are relevant, but they don't directly address the issue
of finding splits when searching a single account. If I am searching a bank account and
specify that I want to look for "memo" fields, then I am inherently looking for a split
(memo fields only exist in splits), and I would expect to find the text. My $.02

Thanks,
Don