# Everything else

The rest: messages you meet while creating and editing variables, and the odd thing that is simply how Variables is designed.

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## At a glance

| **Symptom**                                               | **Usually because**                                                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A variable with this name already exists                  | Another variable in the same scope has the same name, ignoring case.                                        |
| Someone else changed this variable while you were editing | Another person saved the same variable after you opened it.                                                 |
| A changed value has not appeared yet                      | The page has not been reloaded, the view is a cached preview, or a published site has not been republished. |
| The type cannot be changed                                | By design: the type is fixed when a variable is created.                                                    |

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## In this section

[A variable with this name already existsCreating or renaming a variable says a variable with this name already exists.](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/a-variable-with-this-name-already-exists.html)[Someone else changed this variable while you were editingSaving a variable says someone else changed it while you were editing.](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/someone-else-changed-this-variable-while-you-were-editing.html)[A changed value has not appeared yetYou changed a variable, but somewhere still shows the old value.](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/a-changed-value-has-not-appeared-yet.html)[The type cannot be changedWhen editing a variable, the Type selector is disabled.](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/the-type-cannot-be-changed.html)

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## Related

### [Details sidebar](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/details-sidebar.html)

Value, usage and editing.

### [Variable types and values](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/variable-types-and-values.html)

Text, Number, User and Date.

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