Strange Error Message: "Scheduled Transactions with variables cannot be automatically created."

[Josh Sled]

"Brian M. Sutin" <gnucash at skewray.com> writes:
> When I try to save a new scheduled transaction
> or modify a previous scheduled transaction, I get a pop-up that says:
>
>   Scheduled Transactions with variables cannot be automatically created.
>
> The first problem with this message is that it is completely uninformative.
> For even simple transactions that just move a fixed amount from one account
> to another, I get this message.  How do I fix this?  At the moment I am
> unable to create or modify my scheduled transactions.

"automatically created" refers to the "create automatically" checkbox
being selected. The rest refers to that condition being true while the
code believes that there is a variable in the credit/debit cells of the
template transaction. Variables are usually text strings, but it might
be the case that excess whitespace or some other character ('$',
perhaps?) is erroneously treated as a variable.

Double check the contents of the debit/credit cells of the template
transaction to make sure they're just numeric values and the
locale-appropriate decimal separator.

(Sorry the error message isn't more accessible.)

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