[GNC] Export Current Search

[Mike Stillingfleet]

Thank you Michael.  This works. So the help files for GNUcash which show the fourth option no longer apply.

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, at 8:24 AM, Michael Hendry wrote:
> On 2 Nov 2021, at 07:31, Mike Stillingfleet 
> <mikestillingfleet at fastmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear GNUCash Forum,
>> 
>> Firstly I how that I have posted this correctly.
>> 
>> I have read in the GNU Cash help that if I have focus on the current search I should see 4 export options and one of those will be File->Export->Export Active Register to CSV.
>> 
>> I do not have that option.
>> 
>> Is this something that has been removed?
>> 
>> How else could I export the current search?
>> 
>> TIA
>
> After you have run the search, you will have a “Search Results” tab open.
>
> From the “Reports” menu, choose “Account Report”.
>
> Click the “Export” button, and save the file to HTML.
>
> Before the Export stage, you can adjust the contents of the report 
> using the “Options” button.
>
> I’m using LibreOffice for the next stage, but presumably other office 
> suites will do the same.
>
> Open the HTML file in LibreOffice.
>
> Select All, and Copy to clipboard.
>
> Open a new Spreadsheet file.
>
> Paste.
>
> Save As CSV.
>
>
> This is a very roundabout route, but if this is a one-off job probably 
> worthwhile,
>
> Michael
>
> PS Curses! As I was about to send this, David Cousens beat me to it 
> with a proper solution! The feature that misled me (and presumably 
> Mike) is that the Export button that appears once the Register tab is 
> selected implies that this is the only way to export from a register, 
> and blinded me to that alternative route.

-- 
  Mike Stillingfleet
  mikestillingfleet at fastmail.co.uk