Hi Bernie
unfortunately I don,t believe that essentials has the same functionality as accountright
Can you send a screenshot of one of your spend money transactions and the excel spreadsheet with payee column
or can you select a spend money transaction and run the report in excel to bring up that transaction to see what populates where by following that through?
if you select a transaction and narrow down the general ledger account report to capture it you should be able to find the best descriptor to narrow down your search
certainly in my search the payee came up with the contact I had entered
hope that helps
Lisa