[GNC] 8.1.1. Find Transaction

Jamestk davidjamestk at hotmail.co.uk
Sat Oct 3 14:49:28 EDT 2020


Cheers for posting the bug, do we need to provide any further input (perhaps
a link to this thread) or is the description as posted enough?




David Carlson-4 wrote
> There you are, I graduated college in 1968.
> 
> Anyway I just created *Bug 797965*
> <https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797965> which is a RFE to
> a path
> that would resolve the core problem of this thread, and I invite comments
> there.
> 
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 10:02 PM Derek Atkins <

> derek@

> > 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@

> >
>> 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@

> > 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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