[GNC] flex card for medical expenses

[Adrien Monteleone]

Indeed. Accounts which contain transactions and are later changed to 
placeholders retain those transactions.

I think the case of placeholders sometimes getting new transactions was 
either from Scheduled Transactions or Imports. But I seem to recall that 
was considered a bugs, and is now fixed. Though I could be mistaken.

Regards,
Adrien

On 5/26/26 10:36 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> And, since we're in a clarifying mode, I'll note that placeholder accounts most certainly can contain transactions. You just can't (generally speaking*) add new transactions to a placeholder account.
> 
> I have dozens of placeholder accounts with transactions in them-- for example, accounts that have been closed. Setting an account as a placeholder ensures that the account doesn't display in transfer account drop down windows.
> 
> David T.
> 
> * I've encountered corner cases where an action created a transaction in a placeholder account. I don't recall these at this moment.