[GNC] Text variables in scheduled transactions

[John Ralls]

Fred,

Numbers only. Variables can only be used in expressions and expressions are only used in the debit and credit fields of a template transaction so the result of the expression must be a number.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Jan 17, 2026, at 09:35, Fred Tydeman <tydeman.fred at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My reading of the documentation says variables can only be used for numeric
> amounts.
> In case the documentation is not current, can a variable be used for text?
> I would like to be prompted for the month in a scheduled transaction.
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