[GNC] Unable to Refine Existing Search

[Patrick Skelton]

Hi Derek,

In the absence of tags in GnuCash, I thought I would use the *Number *field
as a pseudo tag since I am not using it for anything else.

So my search would be along the lines of *AFTER-dd/mm/yy AND
BEFORE-dd/yy/mm AND CONTAINS-STRING-[tag]*. Then what I'd want to do it run
the search again with the same date constraints but a different tag. So, it
appears your answer means I will simply have to re-enter the date range
every time.

I am an absolute amateur when it comes to accounts, but it does seem to me
that the GnuCash could be improved in this area. Tags would be great, as
would a bit more flexibility on custom reports.

Thank you for your answer.

Kind wishes - Patrick









On Wed, 15 May 2024 at 12:37, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 3:24 am, Patrick Skelton wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > If I do a *Find* in GnuCash using a handful of criteria, it does what I'd
> > expect.
> >
> > If I then want to modify this existing *Find*, I cannot see how to do
> > this.
> > If I select the same operation again from the menu while the currently
> > active tab contains my current find results, and then I click on either
> > 'Refine current search' or 'Add results to current search', the original
> > criteria I set are gone, so basically I am just doing a new search and
> > have
> > to enter all the criteria again.
>
> No, the initial criteria are still there -- just inaccessible.  You're
> just appending to them with an additional AND statement (refine) or OR
> statement (add results).
>
> >
> > Is there a way to modify the search criteria already used or perhaps even
> > save a set of criteria so they can be re-run.
>
> No.
>
> > I realise what I am really wanting here is a custom report but I need it
> > to
> > contain only records containing a certain string and I can't see how to
> > get
> > the reporting to do this.
>
> Could you go into more details about what it is, exactly, you're trying to
> do?
>
> > Kind wishes - Patrick
>
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>
> -derek
>
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