[GNC] 8.1.1. Find Transaction

[David Cousens]

Damn Derek,

Also outed, I may have just made it to primary school when Stephen Kleene was working the foundations of regex.

On Fri, 2020-10-02 at 23:02 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> You must be in your 60s or 70s (or older) if you think you were around 
> before the term regex was created.
> The term regex (REGular EXpression) has been around at least since the 80s 
> if not earlier.  It is a way to search for, well, a regular expression.
> There are several resources for regex examples, and regex has been 
> standardized for many decades.
> Happy hacking.
> 
> -derek
> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
> On October 2, 2020 10:50:45 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Geoff,
> > 
> > Thank you for the very nice description of how to implement the mechanics
> > of an iterative search.  Now all we need is an easy to understand
> > description of how each of the search criteria work, including (especially,
> > with examples) exactly what regex means to those of us that went to school
> > before that term existed, how to know exactly which split lines are
> > searched and which split lines just come along for the ride into the
> > results, and perhaps why the search dialog disappears, which was the
> > original problem that started this thread.
> > 
> > I can't seem to make the help for that dialog appear from the help button
> > in that dialog.  I finally found the actual help in the F1 Help manual
> > under Tools and Assistants > Find which completely glosses over the
> > subjects in the previous paragraph.
> > 
> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 7:49 PM Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Regardless of whether the search box disappears or not, GnuCash's
> > > "search within search results" feature is still pretty nifty.
> > > 
> > > I've attached a screenshot showing four consecutive searches illustrating:
> > > New search (the other options are always disabled on the initial search)
> > > Add results to current search
> > > Refine current search
> > > Delete results from current search
> > > 
> > > First search is to locate transactions with value less than 200.
> > > Second search is to add in transactions with value more than 800.
> > > Third search is to restrict to description containing "gnucash".
> > > Fourth search is to remove transactions posted on 26th September.
> > > 
> > > (Harking back to our school days, I think we can say that GnuCash search
> > > provides the Set Theory equivalents of Union, Intersection, and
> > > Complement
> > > https://www.britannica.com/science/set-theory/Operations-on-sets.  But I
> > > digress.)
> > > 
> > > The trick is to invoke the second and subsequent searches from the
> > > "Search Results" tab and not the Chart of Accounts.
> > > 
> > > This is, of course, a simple example.  Any given search operation also
> > > lets you specify multiple criteria ("Add" button), and whether "all
> > > criteria" must be met or just "any criteria" ie AND or OR logic.
> > > 
> > > James, I hope this tip improves your search results.
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > 
> > > Geoff
> > > =====
> > > Version: 4.1
> > > Build ID: 4.1+(2020-07-25)
> > > Finance::Quote: 1.49
> > > Windows 10
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:47:10 -0500 (CDT), Jamestk wrote:
> > > Hello good folks,
> > > 
> > > I wanted to check if there was a simpler way when using the 'find
> > > transaction'feature repeatedly.
> > > 
> > > When searching for transactions it normally involves a batch of invoices or
> > > receipts which are not showing withing reports, most often this is due to
> > > me
> > > selecting incorrect accounts or similar, easy way is to use find feature -
> > > 
> > > Searches are basic, Select find from edit menu then opt for 'value' setting
> > > leaving all other criteria std, often this works but if it returns nil
> > > results you have to start over, is there anyway of saving the search or to
> > > edit and re-run the original without having to start from scratch?
> > > 
> > > 8.1 help file is okay but a bit technical in parts.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
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Dr David R Cousens
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