The problem has to do with the underlying data structures. I've read the explanations in the past, but I can't recall the specifics. Something to do with the "other" split not being considered to be "in" the current register-- but I really can't recall.
David T. On August 28, 2026 3:22:10 PM GMT+05:30, Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]> wrote: >I would have thought that given that report do very specific things which has >rich capabilities or the filter, I would have also assumed that 'Find' from an >open register would wade through each and everything raw to find that specific >item no matter where it occurs in that register. I am synonymizing 'Find' as >'Search' in traditional sense ... > >-----Original Message----- >From: Patrick James <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2026 12:38 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [GNC] Problem with "Find" > >I have not carefully sorted the request out, but it seems as though the >request is for search to behave in a different manner than documented in the >manual: > >"When you open the Find Transactions dialog from an account register tab only >the splits associated with that register will be searched. There is one >exception, the All Accounts item, see the footnote about it in table Table >8.1, “Search criteria buttons - Split Search” below. For the transactions >fields only transactions linked to a split in that register are inspecected >and for the rest only the split attached to that account is, with one >exception, All Accounts. If you filter the transactions in a register using >View → Filter By... , then only transactions in that account and shown by the >filter will be searched. If you start from the Accounts page or a General >Journal register then all splits in all applicable transactions (in the latter >case those included in the register) are inspected." > >https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5//C/gnucash-manual/tool-find.html > > > >> On 08/27/2026 9:01 AM PDT Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Adrien, >> Running from the accounts window it shows all 'Doctors & Dentists' expense >> for those dates. I only want to see those from a specific credit card >> account. When I tried to use both accounts it showed no transactions. >> >> >> Thank You, >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> email >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2026 11:20 AM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; >> [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Problem with "Find" >> >> Adrien & David, >> The 'find' was run from the credit card account in the account register >> window. >> >> >> Thank You, >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> email >> >> ________________________________ >> From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> >> on behalf of Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2026 9:38 AM >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Problem with "Find" >> >> That 'each and every' can perhaps be narrowed down by amounts. >> >> I agree with not using a date window at first. They could have been >> entered incorrectly. >> >> OP still hasn't stated *from* where the Find was run. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >> On 8/27/26 5:00 AM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: >> > Reverse the workflow. Open "Doctors & Dentists" register, and >> > perform find to the Credit Card account first. Then as a second >> > stage refinement add dates. See if that shows. If it doesn't show >> > then most likely those transactions have incorrect contra leg. In >> > that case review of each every transactions will be needed to hunt >> > it down. Alternate I can think of is to generate an Income and >> > expense report with those accounts and dates to see if they are there. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. David T. _______________________________________________ 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.
