[GNC] edit --> find --> description contains fails to show accounts receivable items

[Derek Atkins]

Another thing to consider is that the search is really searching on a
SPLIT and not a TRANSACTION.  If you're trying to search for something and
using different accounts in your query, you could end up in an empty-set
result because you cannot have a split where split->account == A **AND**
split->account == B.

-derek

On Thu, June 9, 2022 1:02 pm, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> Hmmm... I just happened to need to do a Find and tried this out.
>
> I intentionally chose an account that I knew was definitely *not*
> involved in the transaction I was looking for. (or any other
> transactions that would match my criteria)
>
> Yet, the results were the same if I had this account 'selected' or not.
> (which returned results when it shouldn't have, and as expected, none
> involved that selected account.)
>
> Maybe this is a terminology problem concerning 'selected' and 'focus'?
>
> I'm doing the search from the Accounts Tab being in 'focus'. (that is,
> it is the active tab which I am viewing)
>
> If I 'select' (highlight, but do not open) an account, and do a Find,
> this has no effect. (I thought this is what the OP said they did, and
> what I thought Liz was referring to)
>
> If I *open* a particular account (thus now viewing its register which is
> now 'in focus' and the Accounts Tab is no longer the active tab) *now*
> the search is filtered to that account.
>
> Which is exactly what I was warning about in my original comment.
>
> If the OP is not getting results they expect from *other* affected
> accounts, either something is off with their criteria, or they are
> getting filtered results by doing the search from a particular register
> rather than the Accounts Tab.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 6/9/22 3:46 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>> Interesting, I've never noticed it work that way.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>> On 6/8/22 10:12 PM, Liz Dodd wrote:
>>> On Wed, 8 Jun 2022 21:25:54 -0500
>>> Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You don't need to 'select' an account before doing a search. (it has
>>>> no bearing on the search at all)
>>>>
>>>> Always conduct searches when viewing the main accounts tab, and if
>>>> you want to specify accounts, do that in your search criteria.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Having an account "in focus" when starting a search restricts the
>>> search to that tab/account.
>>>
>>> Either a neat trick or a trap for the unwary.
>
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