[GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

[Patrick James]

Tute Terner,

Will you please upload your sample data set.


> On 04/07/2023 11:46 AM Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
>  
> 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.
> 
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