Named searches

[David T.]

AC,

In digging further, I see a setting in Preferences->General that allows more than one search tab.

David

> On Jan 4, 2017, at 11:33 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> AC,
> 
> What you describe might be handled by adding an extra blank Imbalance-XXX (XXX being your currency) line to transactions that you need to edit later; these transactions will all appear in the Imbalance-XXX account. As you edit them and correct them, clear the Imbalance-XXX account and tab off the line, and the transaction will disappear from the Imbalance-XXX register.
> 
> David
> 
>> On Jan 4, 2017, at 9:47 PM, AC <gnucash at acarver.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On 2017-01-04 07:34, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> AC <gnucash at acarver.net> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Is it possible to create/store named searches for the ledger view?  I
>>>> don't want a report, I want an editable ledger that I can recall quickly
>>>> and have multiple open.
>>> 
>>> No, but if you keep the search result window open when you exit GnuCash
>>> then it *should* auto-reopen the next time you open GnuCash.  Note that
>>> I haven't tried this, but theoretically it should work.
>>> 
>> 
>> It does but I only get to have one search tab.  The idea was to have
>> what amounts to a virtual ledger which is a set of search criteria and
>> be able to have multiple of those (or at least a quick link) to pull up
>> saved searches.
>> 
>> I have to usually go back and edit some transactions once I get
>> statements in from the respective sources (banks, etc.) to fix entries.
>> These are usually split transactions so the Description field will find
>> them but the transaction has many accounts involved and I don't get a
>> complete picture if I look at any one account.  The idea, then, was to
>> save a search for the specific Description and then be able to call up
>> that search (or leave maultiple search tabs open) which will let me
>> expand the splits for editing.
>> 
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