Moving existing variables into a variable set

[turnea]

Hi everyone,

By any chance, is there a way to move existing variables in a catalog item into a variable set?   I'm working on a fairly complex catalog item that currently contains hundreds of variables and we are looking to merge it with another catalog item.   This current item also has a secondary catalog item to add extra things to the request, so those new merged variables will need to reflect there.   The best way to accomplish this is to have variable sets that we can simply place in the secondary item.

Has anyone had experience in doing this?   Any information would be very helpful.

Thank you,

Amandah

[venkat2]

Hi

The variables can be moved into variable set by creating a new variable set and including the new variable set in variables replacing the catalog item name.

I dont see any specific issue/concern with this exercise.

Let me know if your team foresee any concern/issue.

[turnea]

Hi Venkat,

Thank you for your response.   Would you say the best method of going about this is to create the new variable set, go into the "Item Variables" section, filter by the Catalog Item, then check off the appropriate variables and do an "Update Selected"?

Amandah

[venkat2]

Yes that sounds right.

You need to select all the variables to be moved into variable set. Blank the catalog item field and include the variable set name in the variable set field.

[turnea]

Perfect.   Thank you for your insight, I'll work on it using this method now.   Certainly makes it way easier than recreating the variables.

Amandah