Can't change category in an investment entry

Question

When I bring up the transaction in my investment account, the category option is grayed out.  I'm simply try to assign it to the "interest income" category.

Sherlock · Accepted Answer

The ability to reset the category of a transaction in an investment account depends on the action of the transaction.  Many actions will set the category to specific built-in categories.

Chris_QPW · Accepted Answer

Type in the amount in the Miscellaneous field instead of the Interest field, and the category field will be enabled.

Sherlock · Accepted Answer

If you really want to set the category to interest income, I suggest you change the action to MiscInc or Deposit.