Whatever the actual character count limit is for the memo field in a transaction line, I have found the practical limit is what can be printed in reports that show that field. On the computer screen you cannot directly see anything that is after a linefeed character unless you scroll past that character since the 'window' is one line tall.
I do not use business features so I don't have invoices or vendors. Another possibility would be to use spreadsheets and refer to them in the document link field. I don't remember if that is associated with individual lines or to the entire transaction. On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 9:13 PM Alan Johnson via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I suggest you put your handyman in as a vendor. Then you can create a bill > with long descriptions per item, and then pay the bill with a check. If you > want to see what was paid, right click on the payment entry in the register > and choose jump to invoice/bill. You can also run a vendor report. > > Mar 3, 2024 18:39:49 Tim via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>: > > > The descriptions that I enter in GNU cash for split items get truncated. > Is > > there a way to change this or is this a hard limit? > > > > > > > > To provide some context, I pay a handyman to work on various projects. > When > > I write the check to pay him I split the amount among the various > projects > > (which correspond to line items on his timesheet)that he worked on to > > allocated it to the different expense accounts associated with those > > projects. I like to enter a fairly long description which includes things > > like the date the work was done, the location, and a brief description of > > what was done but GNU cash truncates it when producing reports or when I > go > > back and look at data that I entered earlier. > > > > > > > > Should I be setting up an account for the handyman in which the line > items > > of his timesheet would be entered as individual transactions which add > up to > > the amount he gets paid? I get the impression that I'm probably trying to > > misuse GNU cash again as I was when I paid my credit card bills with long > > split transactions. I was able to fix that by entering the transactions > in > > an account for the credit card and then having a single transaction from > my > > bank account to pay off the credit card. I'm not adept enough at > accounting, > > to put it mildly, to know if there's something analogous I should be > doing > > in this case. Can you explain it in a way that a newbie would understand? > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
