"Account" option for search

[Christopher Lam]

I find the Edit>Find often only works when you trigger it from the main
Account Tree view.


On 23 March 2017 at 06:51, Gomer Thomas <gomerthomas at cgomert.com> wrote:

> Can someone explain to me how to use the "Account" option when doing an
> Edit-->Find operation?
>
> I have an asset Account register open that represents my bank account. I
> want to search for all the transactions that have a "Medical" expense
> Account as their Transfer Account (the Account that appears in the
> "Transfer" column in the register). I click on Edit -->Find... A dialog box
> comes up. I select "Account" in the selection box at the top left. I select
> "matches any account" in the selection box to the right of it. I select
> "Choose Accounts" in the selection box to the right of that, and I select
> the "Expenses/Medical" Account and click on "OK". I select "any criteria
> are met" in the selection box to the right and a little above that. I
> select the radio button "New search" in the "Type of search" box in the
> lower left of the dialog box. I then click on "Find" at the lower right of
> the dialog box. It comes back with a "Search Results" page that shows no
> results.
>
> The register contains numerous transactions that have the "Medical"
> Account as their Transfer Account.
>
> I have read the "Help" text that pops up when I click on the "?Help"
> button at the bottom left of the dialog box several times. I still can't
> decide whether I am doing something wrong, or if I completely misunderstand
> how an "Account" search is supposed to work.
>
> Gomer Thomas
>
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