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.
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