[GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

[Tute Terner]

Adrien's answer was spot on! Thank you Adrien. It is not a bug, but my misuse. The matter is resolved.

>/On 04/07/2023 11:46 AM Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at 
lusfiber.net <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>> 
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. />//>