Adding a 'number' field to splits

[Geert Janssens]

On woensdag 21 september 2011, Alex Aycinena wrote:
> John,
> 
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:09 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> > Alex,
> > 
> > Sounds like a good argument to just use the Action field for your
> > numbers. Except for option 3, no changes required to anything except
> > your custom reports; option 3 can be implemented as easily with Action
> > as with a new field.
> > 
> > Or are you already using the Action field for something else?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> 
> This is a good simplifying suggestion, assuming:
> 
> 1. The use of the Action field the way I intend doesn't interfere with
> any other use of it within Gnucash (to respond to your question, I'm
> not using it for anything else myself).
> 2. It doesn't create confusion in the GUI for users.
> 
> I'll investigate these items and, if they prove to be OK, take that
> route instead.
> 
> By the way - does anyone know of any logic in Gnucash that relies on
> the Action field?
> 
I know that the business functions write to this field. Most of the 
transactions created by the business functions contains "Invoice", "Bill" or 
"Payment". While doing the credit notes analysis I didn't encounter any 
function so far that relied on this info. I hope I haven't missed a part.

Geert