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

[Adrien Monteleone]

Thanks Geert, that’s probably the safest and certainly most consistent option.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jul 30, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> 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