I also do what Andren does, but I do see your point. However, I find that GnuCash remembers previous entries, and suggests them, so once I have entered "Some Vendor", once I get to whatever is unique (So, perhaps), it prompts for the entire name. This helps keep the vendor names consistent.
On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 5:20 AM Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 2022-11-27 19:37, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Personally, I use the Description field for *all* of my transactions as > > a Payor/Payee line. Actual descriptive info I put in the Notes and/or > > Memo fields. > > > > In that case, I can simply run a Transaction Report filtered on the name > > of the Payor/Payee and see the desired activity. > > The trouble with that is that the text fields aren't validated. It's > fine if you never, ever, make a typo; but I'm not perfect. If I make a > typo in an account name, I know it immediately and can fix it. But if I > mistype "Some Vendor" as "SomeVendor" or "Some Vendoir" I may not > notice, and then any report that filters on Description will be incomplete. > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
