Ah, yes, it didn't occur to me that it wouldn't search through the split memos.
Jeff Abrahamson http://p27.eu/jeff/ http://transport-nantes.com/ On 07/04/2019 18:48, John Ralls wrote: > 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. -- 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.