General Journal - history limit and search

[David Carlson]

Roger,

I do not normally start a search from the General Ledger view or I would
have known that it worked exactly as you described, at least in my
installation of release 2.6.11 in Linux.

The instructions for searching in the entire database state that one should
start from the chart of accounts, and that is the method that I usually use.

If one starts from a standard account register view a search opens a new
results window and leaves the account register view alone.

I have not found a way to 'back out' of a search result either, and , in
fact, I am often frustrated by the fact that there is no way to see what
was searched in or for what to generate that last search result window.
The search tool has an option to start a new search or to refine the last
search, but I have no idea if that actually does anything.

Occasionally I have seen a request to be able to save a search criteria
set, but as the program is now, with no way to identify the criteria, a
saved search would be useless.

If you can succinctly describe a better way to implement a search procedure
within the current GnuCash UI, suggest that as a potential improvement.

David C

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 10:17 PM, Roger Oliver <rmomxtx at gmail.com> wrote:

> I thought so too but it doesn't seem to work that way. I keep the general
> journal open on the desktop. It isn't that difficult to open it again, just
> a curiosity that it didn't show the search results in a new window like the
> account journals.
>
> Once it shows the search results, I haven't figured out a way to get the
> general journal back to showing all the transactions after doing a search
> other than by opening another general journal. Might be able to do it by
> changing the filter settings in view. I'll try that tomorrow. Thanks
>
> On Oct 31, 2017 7:20 PM, "David Carlson" <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Roger, for your second question, I think that a search in the General
>> ledger view should produce it's results in a new results view rather than
>> the first General Ledger view.
>>
>> However, if I am wrong about that, it should be simple to open a new
>> General Ledger view from the menu.  You should not need to close the
>> previous results views unless you do not expect to go back to them and you
>> would rather have less clutter on your desktop.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Roger Oliver <rmomxtx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Perfect. Thanks
>>>
>>> On Oct 31, 2017 11:08 AM, "Aaron Laws" <dartme18 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:39 PM, Roger Oliver <rmomxtx at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I notice my general journal only goes back to the beginning of
>>> Octuber.
>>> >> Transactions from September don't show. A search by date doesn't find
>>> any
>>> >> transactions earlier than October either. Is there a setting I'm
>>> >> overlooking to include everything in the general journal?
>>> >>
>>> >> Also, when I search the general journal the results are shows in the
>>> same
>>> >> journal, not in another register. Don't know how to get the general
>>> >> journal
>>> >> back to showing all the transactions. I just close it and open the
>>> general
>>> >> journal again from the tools menu. Is there a better way? Something
>>> I'm
>>> >> not
>>> >> doing correctly in the search criteria window?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >> Roger
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > With the General Ledger open, click "View" then "Filter By..." and
>>> adjust
>>> > the filter to your liking. It doesn't remember this setting, so you'll
>>> have
>>> > to do it any time you close then reopen gnucash.
>>> >
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