Qif import and memos

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Feb 12 15:56:02 EST 2007


Quoting Jeff Carneal <jeff-ml at soldmy.net>:

>>> On this same topic, is there currently a way to show the memo field
>>> in the basic register view, perhaps next to the transfer account?
>>
>> No.  Closest RFE is http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149241
>> The 'memo' is tied to the Split, so in a basic transaction (with two
>> splits), which memo would you show in the regular view?
>
> I'd show the one that belongs to the split pertaining to the account  
> register being viewed.  In the transfer[ing|red] account register I  
> would show the memo for its split.  This is in effect what is done  
> now on the transfer account (for lack of a better term) field in  
> basic view mode.

Except you're not exactly correct here.  In the basic register view
the "transfer acccount" is actually displaying the Account from
the OTHER split.   For example, assume you have a transaction between
Asset and Expense.  You'd have two splits, the Asset split and the
Expense split.  When you view the Asset account you would see the
Asset split, but the register is "smart" and in this case it shows
you the OTHER Split's (aka "Far") Account in the transfer column,
because you already know what the "near" account is:  the near account
is the register account, Asset.

So I still don't have a good answer to "which Split Memo" do we show
in a basic register.   There IS no good answer, which is why I think
it's best to leave it out of the basic register and if you want
to edit it you can expand the transaction and edit the Split Memos
directly.

> Jeff

-derek

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