Re: [GNC] Is there a way to see a list of the invoice description field contents?

Hi Adrien,

I'm having a play with a copy of an old book that used the Business 
functions but can't get Invoice entry to offer me an autocomplete list 
regardless of the Accumulate Splits setting, I just get the "start of 
field" completion and that seems to work across the entries table.  If 
it is working for you there must be something else that makes it work.  
Any clues?

database level: I'm wondering if it is something to do with the business 
document lines being stored in a different table (entries) to the 
accounting splits (splits) and the autocomplete only sees the splits 
table entries.

Wm

On 2026-08-22 15:16, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> While all of your data are of course in the file, there is no 
> separately maintained list. The register is doing that in real time 
> based on other descriptions in that register. This is why it won't 
> autocomplete something that only exists in another account.
>
> The invoices *should* do the same, and I see them do so for me, but I 
> can't say for sure if this is vendor/customer dependent or not. I'm 
> not sure how the code works for those.
>
> Note, this may be tied to the fact that I do not consolidate splits on 
> posting, so all of my line item detail ends up visible in the AR/AP 
> and other affected registers. If this is the case, that is another 
> benefit to not consolidating the splits. (the other being the only way 
> to do reporting on line item detail)
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 8/21/26 2:31 PM, Frank Miller wrote:
>> I'm a one-man band, and my invoices are typically only 5-6 lines 
>> each, with
>> only a dozen or so service descriptions for the invoice line items. I 
>> know
>> that GNUCash retains the line item descriptions from previous 
>> invoices in a
>> file somewhere, because as soon as I start typing a description on a 
>> line,
>> the line fills in with the closest match. It would be very handy to pop
>> open a window with a list of descriptions and pick and choose from 
>> it. I've
>> searched through the documentation and can't find any mention of such a
>> feature. Any thoughts?
>
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