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

[Tom Route36]

Derek (and Sherlock),

Thanks for your help with locating and changing the default view. I'm 
not sure why the default for the General Journal is only 30 days, while 
for all other accounts it's all dates back to the earliest transaction.  
In any case, I've changed the GJ view to match all my other accounts.  
So now the General Journal is showing everything, including all those 
imported transactions.  And now Find is finding those transactions that 
I wasn't able to locate initially, which started off this whole thread 
of mine.  I think I can finally put this issue to bed now.  Thanks again.

Tom


On 1/12/2026 6:58 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> No, the General Journal will show imported transactions.
> However, the GJ starts with a time limit -- it only shows transactions in
> the last 30 days (by default).  You can, of course, change that via the
> View menu.
> So if your imported transactions were prior to the start date of the GJ,
> they wouldn't show up in your search.
>
> -derek
>
> On Mon, January 12, 2026 8:39 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,
>>>>
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