[GNC] Ctrl-F (find) not finding transaction

[Fred Tydeman]

The number I was looking for is the USD in the bank account.
I was not looking for the foreign currency cash number.
USD is my home currency.

On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Is the number you put in the "amount" or the "value"?
> The amount is in the account commodity
> The value is the transaction currency.
>
> Try searching on amount instead of value?
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> -derek
> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
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> On January 16, 2026 19:11:19 Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com> wrote:
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> This is GnuCash 5.12 on Fedora Linux 41 on Intel x86_64
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>> "Accounts" is the current pane in view (so should search all accounts).
>> I do Ctrl-F to get the Find Transaction popup.
>> I click on the Description tab and change it to Value.
>> I enter the value I am looking for.
>> I click on Find.
>>
>> A transaction is found with that value.
>> But, another transaction with that same value is not found.
>> The one not found is a transfer from a Bank account to
>> a Cash account (in a different currency).
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