Cannot find text or value inside a split

[David Carlson]

On 2/14/2013 5:36 AM, DonM wrote:
> 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
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Sorry, I think I made a mistake, and I do not have time right now to
research it.  Perhaps someone else knows the answer.

David C
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