How to edit/delete auto complete transaction

[AC]

They didn't misunderstand.

GnuCash does not memorize transactions.  It simply searches backwards as
you type looking for older data that matches what you have typed so far.
 If there is some type of data that is incorrect that is because the
most recent entry has the incorrect data.  You would need to go
backwards through the account ledger to find the most recent occurrence
of the data and correct it.  Subsequent auto complete entries will use
that most recent data.

I just checked on my own accounts that use splits.  I have a transaction
with 12 splits where the values change a little each time but for this
test case I'll leave them alone initially.  I entered a new copy of that
split transaction using only the description for auto complete (e.g.
typing "My Pay" to cause auto complete to fill in using the last "My
Paycheck" entry since the transaction is actually my paycheck with
splits).  It pulled all the split values from the previous transaction
and saved it.  I then went back to that transaction, edited the split
values and saved again.  Then I made a new entry and allowed auto
complete to populate again.  It pulled the newly edited split data from
that previous example transaction.

On 2016-01-02 12:34, aeneas wrote:
> It sounds like there is some misunderstanding about the issue.
> 
> The benefit of auto complete is to have data filled in for you so that you
> don't have to type it.  For example, in Quicken the term "memorized
> transaction" (MT) is used.  The problem arises when you make an error when
> creating the MT.  The consequence of that error is that whenever you want to
> do it again you get the erroneous data which causes you to then have to do
> typing that auto-complete intends to save you from doing.  Quicken allows
> you to go and alter the MT so that in the future it enters what you want
> without having to type it.  In that, auto complete resumes working as
> intended.  Quicken also allows you to simply delete the MT which is often,
> if not always, all you need to do because then when you subsequently enter
> it correctly the problem is fixed.
> 
> It appears to me that GNUcash is missing this important capability.