Since it works when you search the whole book and fails when you search only one account, I must ask if you put the note in the memo field of the split for the account you're searching?
Regards, John Ralls > On Apr 7, 2019, at 9:21 AM, Jeff Abrahamson <j...@p27.eu> wrote: > > The list strips images, so information was lost. > > I have an entry with a memo field containing the word (text string) > "=JUSTIFICATIF". > > J > > > On 07/04/2019 18:05, Jeff Abrahamson wrote: >> [This is gnucash 2.6.19 on linux. Some day I'll upgrade to 3.x.] >> >> I have some transactions in which I've put a reminder that I am missing >> the bill or receipt so that (ideally) we will chase the person who owes it. >> >> But when I do a search for "description, note, or memo contains JUST" or >> even the full =JUSTIFICATIF, I get an empty result set (despite having >> checked "new search"). I'm only searching in the account where this >> happens. >> >> I can search for other words in the memo field. Is there something >> special about the equal sign? Or some other reason this might not be >> working? (I used the equal sign to make it easy to search for such >> tags, but that seems not to be working. This is my private hack for not >> having analytical accounting features.) >> >> If I search the entire book (search initiated from the accounts window), >> I do see results. It's doubly strange that the search is different >> depending on where I initiated it, given that all the results are in the >> one bank account. >> > -- > > Jeff Abrahamson > +33 6 24 40 01 57 > +44 7920 594 255 > > http://p27.eu/jeff/ > http://transport-nantes.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 > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.