[GNC] searching in General Ledger View

[David Carlson]

One more detail: in the General Ledger, when changing the criteria to
matches regex, entering .* for the regex and changing  type to add results
to current search, the new result is not filtered by date as it was
originally. In fact, the View > Filter By menu item is greyed out and
unavailable.   I did not test the condition where the filter setting may
have been saved at the beginning of the trial.

David

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 8:35 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The help manual Chapter 8 section 8.1 fails to point out that the find
> assistant [Split Search] Type of Search defaults to New search when started
> from the main accounts hierarchy page, but it defaults to Refine current
> search when started from a normal Account Register window or from the
> General Ledger window.  Further, the results are presented in a new window
> when started from the main accounts hierarchy page or from a normal Account
> Register window, but  the results are presented in the *same window when
> started from the General Ledger window*.  This is probably designed to
> respect the View >Filter By option in the Account register view and in the
> General Ledger view.
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> The Delete results from current search type is apparently intended to
> delete transactions that match the newly chosen criteria from the current
> search result rather than to undo the last search refinement or
> modification.
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> Finally, John Ralls' answer to my original question was interesting.  In
> the General Ledger window, at least, it is possible to return to the
> un-searched view by changing Search Criteria " ... contains to matches
> regex and enter .* for the regex. And check "add results to current search"
> in the search type radio box."
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> I hope that we can get all of that into the help manual.
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> David C
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> On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 6:31 PM D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> I think you just close the search tab.
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>> On September 14, 2018, at 6:13 PM, David Carlson <
>> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  While I happen to be using release 2.6.19 or so, I think my problem is
>> still current. I opened a general ledger view then I searched for
>> transactions containing certain text in the description. This left the
>> results in the general ledger view. How do I return to the general ledger
>> view before the search?
>>
>> David C
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