[GNC] Find

[Adrien Monteleone]

What version of GnuCash and on what operating system?

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Does the account appear in your account tree? (I'm guessing you don't 
see it though, which is why you're using the Find Account feature)

Is it Hidden?

(note, this should not matter, I can 'find' hidden accounts)

Also note, the Find Account feature shows you all accounts without even 
having to enter search criteria. Is it not in that list?

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Do you have a register that has a transaction involving that account as 
the 'transfer' or 'other' account? If so, open that account, then 
right-click the memo line and choose 'jump to other account'. (near the 
bottom of the menu) If that doesn't work or you don't get that option, 
try View > Transaction Journal View and then you'll see the two (or 
more) splits for all transactions. Choose a split line containing the 
account you are looking for and then right-click that split and choose 
the Jump entry.

This will open the register for the account you are trying to find.

Then Edit > Edit Account. This will open a dialog to edit the account 
and in the bottom-right pane will show you the parent of this account 
highlighted.

Now you know where it is.

If you don't have any transactions containing that account at all, 
perhaps you deleted the account?

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Another option is *from the Accounts tab* use Edit > Find (the plain 
one, not Find Account) to search for transactions.

Set the criteria to 'Account' 'matches any account' and then choose the 
account. If there are no results, you have no transactions in that account.

Otherwise, proceed as above.

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If the account does have transactions in it, but doesn't show up in the 
Find Account, or Find (choose accounts) lists, then perhaps you've found 
a bug.

Regards,
Adrien

On 7/28/22 11:45 AM, Alan Magnus via gnucash-user wrote:
> Somehow Find has stopped working for me. When I select Fins Account from the Edit list and type in the Account name it is not found. Any suggestions?