Allow the page properties macro to be used in templates with variables

Hello - I am trying to create a page template with several fields on it (e.g. field A, field B, field C), and would like to then list each page created via the template in a tabular format. So if I have 10 pages, I would have a column for A, B and C. When I try to do this using Page Properties macro so that I can later user Page Properties Report macro, upon previewing my page, I get "Details can only be used on pages or blog posts" in the place where I placed the Page Properties macro in my template. The steps to create this issue are:

1- Create a new template.
2- Place Page Properties Macro into the template.
3- Add a table with two columns into Page Properties section. Column 1 should have labels, Column 2 should have corresponding variable names.
4- Preview the template and the error message appears. The same message appears if the template is saved and later a page is created via the template.