Problem with Find and Account

[David Carlson]

On 3/10/2012 11:05 PM, Don Rozenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having a problem with Find; I assume that I am doing something wrong.
> 
> For example I want to get a list of all the payments I made to Doctors
> for my tax calculations. I have and account Doctor which is a sub
> account of Medical.
> 
> What I have been trying is:
> 
> 1. I do a Ctrl-F to open the find window.
> 
> 2. I set the left button to Account.
> 
> 3. I leave the next button showing "matches any account".
> 
> 4. I press the Choose Accounts and from the popup window I expand
> Medical and choose Doctor.
> 
> 5. In the Type of search frame I select New Search.
> 
> 6. I press the Find button at the bottom of the window.
> 
> The search results are blank, i.e., no results.
> 
> I am quite sure I was able to do this in previous years. I also tried
> putting two accounts Doctor and my Checking Account with no results found.
> 
> If I put in my checking account it is all listed.  If I then try to
> refine it with my Doctor account, I get no results.
> 
> I feel that I must be doing something wrong or misreading the Help.  I
> would really appreciate a clue to my ignorance.
> 
> I am running version 2.4.7 on Linux Mint 12.  I have used GNucash for
> years and have been very happy with it.
> 
> Thanks in Advance,
> Don
> 
> 

Are you starting from the Accounts tab?

David
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