I'll give it a try. Thanks Adrien On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 11:41 AM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> That was the right criteria. I’m not sure why it isn’t working for you. > > Maybe I missed something, but you noted earlier that you have 10 > transactions that are transfers and are fixed properly. You want to delete > everything else in AccountA. > > Doing a search for ‘everything else’ seems to be overkill. (especially at > this point) Can’t you just do one of the following: > > 1. Delete every transaction starting from the top, but mindful to skip the > 10 transfers. > > 2. Delete AccountA entirely, re-create it and re-create the 10 transfer > transactions. > > If there are transactions in AccountA other than the transfers you don’t > want to delete, then skip them too. If there are too many and there are > only *some* expense transactions you want to delete, then do those > one-by-one. > > I think this is a case where you probably could have trudged through it > and been finished by now. (Though the challenge is always fun) > > Another approach is to open the expense registers you want to deal with, > do a search for “All Accounts” that match AccountA - delete those > transactions, proceed to the next expense account. Rinse, repeat. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Mar 9, 2020 w11d69, at 9:54 PM, Gio Bacareza <gbacar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Adrien, > > > > see below: > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 11:54 PM Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > Gio, as per the other thread, and John’s advice here, you’re still > missing a setting change for criteria search. > > > > If you are referring to the criteria: "any criteria are met" I have > actually included that in my first set of tests but concluded that they did > not differ. So I concluded that this criteria only works when you have more > than 1 search criteria after doing an "Add" button. Believe me I tried to > be as exhaustive as possible. See screenshot of earlier result below: > > <image.png> > > > > If this is not the criteria you were referring to pls let me know. > > > > > > Looking at the chart in your GoogleDoc, the only combo that is relevant > is the last pair. > > > > Actually the relevant results I found were "test find account + 1 > expense". And the only conditions that work are: > > Window -> Criteria01 -> Criteria02 -> Choose Accounts > > Accounts -> All Accounts -> matches all accounts -> "test find" account > + 1 expense > > Account Window -> All Accounts -> matches all accounts -> "test find" > account + 1 expense > > Account Window -> All Accounts -> matches all accounts -> 1 expense > > > > However, I concluded that this is not optimal for what I'm trying to > achieve since that means I have to do it 1 by 1 to all expense accounts > relevant to the account I'm trying to correct. It's doable but is so > cumbersome. So I was hoping a select ALL expense or even multiple select > will do. > > > > Multiple-select could have been a manageable compromise but alas it also > doesn't work. See screenshots: > > Search = > > <image.png> > > Results = > > <image.png> > > > > > > > > 1. Conduct the Find from the Account Register in question. (so far > referred to as AccountA, or test_find in your Doc) > > 2. Use an All Accounts criteria > > 3. The only middle option here is to ‘match all accounts’ you can’t > choose anything else. > > 4. Select either a single target expense account, or multiples. (try > with just one first) > > **5. In the upper right hand corner, above the criteria, you need to > change the setting labeled “Search for items where” to “any criteria are > met” (the default is ‘all criteria are met’) > > > > Do not include AccountA/test_find in your account selection, you are > already doing a Find from within that register. > > > > You should get proper results. I’ve tried this sequence several times > with different accounts and for each one I’m getting the expected results > and I’ve verified them looking over the register in question. > > > > I've tried this many times too. It only works, as mentioned above, when > one and only expense transaction is selected. > > > > When selecting MORE than 1 or selecting ALL, it returns blank. see above > screenshot. > > > > What else am I missing? > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- cheers, Gio _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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