Do the splits *that match the open account register* have 'paid' in
their memos?
If the 'paid' text is in a memo assigned to some *other* account, you
will not get results. Memos are not for the open register, but only for
accounts matching *for that split*.
e.g.,
Dr. Expenses:Utilities 100
-(Memo = "paid")
Cr. Assets:Checking 100
-(Memo is blank)
And you do a search with the Checking account register in view, for
"paid" you will get no results, because there are no splits *assigned to
the Checking account* with that memo. The splits that have that memo,
are assigned (in this case) to Expenses:Utilities.
You can do the search from the Accounts page, and set additional
criteria as needed to refine the search.
Regards,
Adrien
On 4/7/23 5:57 AM, Tute Terner wrote:
On 2023-04-05 07:18, Tute Terner wrote:
/When I search in the Find dialog box using the Description field,
/>/everything works. But when I search by the Memo field or the
/>/'Description, Notes or Memo' field or the Action field the Search
/>/Results always turn out empty, even though the search string is
present />/in the Memo or Action fields of some transactions. I am
using Gnucash />/5.0 for Windows, but I have noticed this in some
previous versions too. />/Am I doing something incorrect or is this a
bug. I don't see that />/anybody has mentioned this behaviour in the
mailing list or in the bug />/list. Thank you. /
The specific search instance I had is this. I have a Gnucash file with
accounts X, Y, and Z. X and Y have split Memo fields containing the
search string 'paid'. I display account register X and search for 'paid'
in the Memo field. Zero results. I then go to 'List of accounts' tree
tab and search the same, using 'New Search' every time. I get results
from both X and Y. So this works, but I don't want the result from Y.
So again I search from the accounts tree tab adding the 'and' condition
of Account and set it to X. Again 0 results. I display account register
Y and run the search on Memo field only. Again 0 results.
To make doubly sure I created a dummy gnucash file with accounts X, Y
and Z as above. Same results. So looks like a bug to me.
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