[GNC] How to update Description info in Payment Field of Customer Report?

[Geert Janssens]

The other (more conservative) option is to right-click on the payment 
transaction in the AR account and then select "Edit Payment...". That way 
you're consistently using the same window to set all your payment memos.

Regards,

Geert

Op vrijdag 12 juli 2019 16:45:46 CEST schreef Adrien Monteleone:
> I just edited one of my memos for a customer’s payment noting it applied to
> a certain invoice and then refreshed the Customer Report. It updated the
> description field for me as expected.
> 
> Be sure you are entering info in the `memo` and not the `notes` field of the
> transaction.
> 
> `memo` is the text area for each split.
> `notes` is the text area just below `description` and is only visible if you
> have Double Line Mode turned on in the View Menu.
> 
> There is a bug report filed already that the `notes` text is not used for
> this report as expected.
> 
> If you intend to use this description column for the purpose I just
> mentioned, indicating what invoice(s) it applies to, you may want to take a
> look at the revised report here linked in this thread on the -devel list:
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2019-July/044002.html
> 
> This newer version (work in progress) has the ability to show you that info
> as its own column. (see the screen shots on the linked github page)
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> > On Jul 12, 2019, at 4:13 AM, L. D. James <ljames at apollo3.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On many of my Payments entries, I inadvertently don't write a Memo or
> > mistype the correct note when processing the payment.  I can correct this
> > by editing the Memo field in the Accounts Receivable page.
> > 
> > It's great having the correct information recorded and available, however,
> > it doesn't show up on the Customer Report page, whereas the counterpart
> > on that page has a "Description" field.
> > 
> > Initially, they are the same.  Is there a way to have the updated Memo
> > field in the Account Receivable chart match the Payment Description field
> > of the Customer Report page?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any input/suggestions.
> > 
> > -- L. James
> 
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