Cannot find text or value inside a split

[Colin Law]

On 14 February 2013 14:16, David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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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> Actually, the memo field is the second line that appears below the
> description when you are using the the double line (Basic Ledger)view.
> The field that is associated to split lines is called Notes.  You can
> see that when you put the curser highlight on a split line and look at
> the title bar.  This is an important distinction, particularly if you
> are using business features such as accounts payable, but not so much
> for most of the rest of us, unless we are doing a search.

It is the other way round in fact (memo vs notes)

Colin