[GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

[Adrien Monteleone]

Do the splits *that match the open account register* have 'paid' in 
their memos?

If the 'paid' text is in a memo assigned to some *other* account, you 
will not get results. Memos are not for the open register, but only for 
accounts matching *for that split*.

e.g.,

Dr. Expenses:Utilities    100
   -(Memo = "paid")
   Cr. Assets:Checking        100
     -(Memo is blank)

And you do a search with the Checking account register in view, for 
"paid" you will get no results, because there are no splits *assigned to 
the Checking account* with that memo. The splits that have that memo, 
are assigned (in this case) to Expenses:Utilities.

You can do the search from the Accounts page, and set additional 
criteria as needed to refine the search.

Regards,
Adrien

On 4/7/23 5:57 AM, Tute Terner wrote:
> On 2023-04-05 07:18, Tute Terner wrote:
>> /When I search in the Find dialog box using the Description field, 
>> />/everything works. But when I search by the Memo field or the 
>> />/'Description, Notes or Memo' field or the Action field the Search 
>> />/Results always turn out empty, even though the search string is 
>> present />/in the Memo or Action fields of some transactions.  I am 
>> using Gnucash />/5.0 for Windows, but I have noticed this in some 
>> previous versions too. />/Am I doing something incorrect or is this a 
>> bug. I don't see that />/anybody has mentioned this behaviour in the 
>> mailing list or in the bug />/list. Thank you. /
> 
> 
> The specific search instance I had is this. I have a Gnucash file with 
> accounts X, Y, and Z. X and Y have split Memo fields containing the 
> search string 'paid'. I display account register X and search for 'paid' 
> in the Memo field. Zero results. I then go to 'List of accounts' tree 
> tab and search the same, using 'New Search' every time. I get results 
> from both X and Y. So this works, but I don't want the result from Y.
> 
> So again I search from the accounts tree tab adding the 'and' condition 
> of Account and set it to X. Again 0 results. I display account register 
> Y and run the search on Memo field only. Again 0 results.
> 
> To make doubly sure I created a dummy gnucash file with accounts X, Y 
> and Z as above. Same results. So looks like a bug to me.