Cannot find text or value inside a split

David Carlson carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net
Thu Feb 14 09:16:27 EST 2013


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.

David C
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