[GNC] How to find ALL Transactions in ALL Accounts for a Single Specific Date?

[Sherlock]

Hi Tom,

I can confirm that is not how it works.

I suspect you have a filter set for the General Journal restricting the 
transactions that are visible:  open the "General Journal" and select 
"View > Filter by..."

Regards,

Sherlock


On 1/12/26 5:39 PM, Tom Route36 wrote:
> Patrick (and Kirk),
> 
> I think I solved the mystery about why I wasn't able to get Find working 
> in the General Journal.  It turns out that Find actually IS working 
> okay.  The problem is that the transactions that I was looking for were 
> never in the General Journal in the first place.
> 
> As I mentioned earlier I'm still a newbie with GnuCash.  And I've only 
> started ENTERING transactions into GnuCash within the last couple 
> months.  All my transactions prior to that were all IMPORTED into 
> GnuCash from Quicken via a QIF file.  And apparently, those imported 
> transactions never got recorded in the General Journal.  At least, that 
> appears to be the case for me here.
> 
> Maybe someone else can confirm if that's how transactions are supposed 
> to work with the General Journal.  That is, you have to actually ENTER 
> those transactions, and not simply IMPORT them. Assuming that's correct, 
> that's not a big deal for me.  It's just something I have to be aware of 
> going forward.  That is, don't look in the General Journal for imported 
> transactions.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On 1/12/2026 2:45 PM, Patrick James via gnucash-user wrote:
>> "probably because I don't really enter things via the General Journal."
>>
>> Back in the good 'ole days, all entries began in the General Journal, 
>> and then were posted to the various accounts. With the advent of 
>> modern information systems, that process is no longer necessary. In 
>> GnuCash, when you enter to a given account, the General Journal entry 
>> is created for you, and while the order does not really matter, and 
>> there are other information systems issues here, one may consider the 
>> General Journal entry to be created first, before the account entry. 
>> Again with today's information systems, this is not really that 
>> important, but the General Journal includes all the journal entries.
>>
>> In summary, it's reasonable to suggest that GnuCash "really does enter 
>> things via the General Journal."
>>
>> If an entry is not present, check the filters.
>>
>>> On 01/12/2026 1:18 PM PST kirk abbott via gnucash-user<gnucash- 
>>> user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> General Journal doesn't really work for me either. Mainly because 
>>> only random things seem to show up there. probably because I don't 
>>> really enter things via the General Journal. What is working for me 
>>> is the Accounts Tab. Don't know if it mattered, but I had the Assets 
>>> line highlighted while testing. Regardless, it found everything 
>>> within a couple of days of the target date regardless of Asset account.
>>> Kirk
>>>      On Monday, January 12, 2026 at 12:02:13 PM PST, Patrick James 
>>> via gnucash-user<gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>   Tom,