Transaction Journal View - blank "Memo" instead of Description

Sun Jun 11 02:16:12 EDT 2017

>
> It would be nice if I could double-click the invoice line and open the
> invoice, maybe I am missing something?
>
> That would be nice too. I agree. Please file a Request For Enhancement on
Bugzilla.

You can open the *Bill or Invoice* associated via roundabout way

1. Highlight appropriate line in A/Payable or A/Receivable register
2. Report > Account Report - Single Transaction
3. Click the hyperlink "Bill" or "Invoice"

If the above can be introduced in to gnucash source I guess this would do it

On 11 June 2017 at 10:44, Waitman Gobble <waitman at waitman.net> wrote:

>
> On 2017-06-10 17:54, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>
> On Jun 10, 2017, at 4:30 PM, Waitman Gobble <waitman at waitman.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks. It appears top posting is preferred here?
>>>
>>> For example, what I see for one invoice in Transaction Journal View.
>>>
>>> 19/04/2017   3461      UjENA USA                      3255.24
>>> Invoice                       housecln    300.00
>>> Invoice                       util        578.00
>>> Invoice                       office       50.00
>>> Invoice                       office      250.00
>>> Invoice                       office     2077.24
>>>
>>> I can see the account name, but "Memo" is blank. When I open the invoice
>>> I can see the descriptions, but I do not see a "Memo" or "Note" field for
>>> each line item. There is a note field for the entire invoice.
>>>
>>
>> Invoices posted using the business features are a bit different than
>> normal transactions entered into a register.
>>
>> In the above sample, the memo field is between "Invoice" and the account
>> name. You can type something in here if you like.
>>
>> When viewing the invoice, each line item has a description, this is
>> different from the description of register transactions. (which is filled
>> in with the customer/company name for invoices/bills)
>>
>> If you uncheck the "Accumulate Splits?" box when posting, you will see
>> those descriptions from the invoice posted as the memo for each split line
>> in the AR/AP register. When "Accumulate Splits?" is checked (the default)
>> this field will be left blank because you'd have multiple descriptions
>> writing over themselves or GC would have to choose which one to use. I
>> suppose it could concatenate them, but it opts instead to leave the field
>> blank.
>>
>> Unpost the invoice, repost and uncheck the "Accumulate Split?" box and
>> then view the AR/AP register again. You should see your descriptions from
>> the invoice now appear as the memo in the register for each split.
>>
>
> Thanks, that solved the problem. But I'm not yet sure what I "lost" by
> unchecking the Accumulate Split box. I've only entered a couple of test
> invoices to see how it works.
>
>
>> It would be nice if I could double-click the invoice line and open the
>>> invoice, maybe I am missing something?
>>>
>>
>> That would be nice too. I agree. Please file a Request For Enhancement on
>> Bugzilla.
>>
>
> OK great. I'll fetch the current head and make the changes. It should be
> easier to see the list of invoices. I should be able to click and see the
> list, and click to open each one. If you do one invoice and print it, the
> way it is works. But I typically enter up to five invoices for a customer
> in a day. I need to see a list. I am new, but I'm having to type in the
> actual invoice number in the search to view it. I want to click a customer
> and see the invoices, click the invoice to open.
>
> In my test I made two invoices. Apparently I messed up and some accounts
> are "Assets" and some "Income" which totally rucks up the reports, at least
> what I am looking for. I need to figure out how to change the accounts or
> start over. Also when I assign a job I cannot seem to unassign. (I first
> thought the "job" was messing up the reports but I think it's not actually
> the case, it's probably income/asset issue).
>
> I'm working on figuring this out. Expense items are actually invoices for
> investment. So 50 employees for the pay period invoiced to investment.
> Office supplies, machines, etc. Not actually expenses. But the product
> shipped has a value, not tied to expenses. So I need production report of
> value. And need income statement based on account. I'm tracking three
> things basically, invoices to investment (like you buy five desks and
> invoice against investment), invoices to value of product shipped (to track
> production), and employee wages expense (again invoiced against investment
> money but needs to be separate for payroll processing)
>
>
>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Adrien
>>
>> ---
>> Waitman Gobble
>>
>> On 2017-06-10 12:41, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>> Welcome to GnuCash.
>> The transaction description is on the top line with the date.
>> Each split line also has a memo field. This is what you see in
>> transaction journal mode.
>> There is also a note field, which is visible in double line mode.
>> Hope this helps.
>> -derek
>> --
>> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity or
>> typos.
>> On June 10, 2017 12:01:31 PM EDT, Waitman Gobble <waitman at waitman.net>
>> wrote: I am new to GnuCash. I am running GnuCash 2.6.16 on FreeBSD
>> 11.0-RELEASE-p9
>> In the Transaction Journal View there is a column "memo" which is blank
>> for all entries. Is there a way to see the "Description" instead? Or,
>> maybe there can be a memo on a line item, but I'm not seeing it.
>>
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