It is, but it’s not obvious: It’s called “Shares” in the Find dialog because that’s what it’s called in stock registers, the only register type where it’s visible. The search does work in currency registers.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 16, 2026, at 23:31, Patrick James via gnucash-user > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is not possible to directly search on amount instead of value, as "amount" > is not a listed searchable field. > >> On 01/16/2026 4:17 PM PST Derek Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Is the number you put in the "amount" or the "value"? >> The amount is in the account commodity >> The value is the transaction currency. >> >> Try searching on amount instead of value? >> >> -derek >> Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. >> On January 16, 2026 19:11:19 Fred Tydeman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is GnuCash 5.12 on Fedora Linux 41 on Intel x86_64 >>> >>> "Accounts" is the current pane in view (so should search all accounts). >>> I do Ctrl-F to get the Find Transaction popup. >>> I click on the Description tab and change it to Value. >>> I enter the value I am looking for. >>> I click on Find. >>> >>> A transaction is found with that value. >>> But, another transaction with that same value is not found. >>> The one not found is a transfer from a Bank account to >>> a Cash account (in a different currency). >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
