[GNC] How to find transactions where any split in register has a memo containing xxxx

[Adrien Monteleone]

I too have discovered that ‘Find’ will only match memos where the account for that split matches the current register account.

If you want to see all splits with a certain memo, then you need to run ‘Find’ from the CoA tab, however, this will search all accounts.

You could add a criteria based on account to narrow (refine) this down. (but this might produce the same result, not sure)

Possibly (I haven’t tried) a transaction report run with a similar filter and limited to only the desired account(s) might also provide what you want.

I can certainly see the utility of a search to find all transactions you paid cash for (register) that happened to match a certain memo description, (but where that memo description was detailed say, on the expense split, not the payment split) and where the actual ‘Description’ may vary.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Oct 11, 2019 w41d284, at 8:18 PM, Chris Good <goodchris96 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> From a register, I want to find (Control-F) all transactions in the current
> register that have a split with a memo containing say 'xxxx'.
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> GnuCash seems it only looks in splits for the register account?
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> I would expect it to look in splits for all accounts in the register.
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> I have tried the 'Account' and 'All Accounts' options but no joy.
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> GnuCash 3.6 on Windows.
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> I cannot find any fixed 3.6 or 3.7 bugs that seem to be relevant.
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> Regards,
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> Chris Good