Order Guides - cascading variables to RITM's

[CamUnderwood]

I've got a question regarding cascading variables from the order guide (REQ) to the children (RITMs) that are created. 

this is for a new hire process where the RITM's need to show the variable and detail from the order guide, so that the RITM's and corresponding tasks created can be seen by the people doing the work. Right now, there is no detail on each RITM like there is normally. can someone point me in the right direction on getting the order guide variable detail on to each RITM?

[Brad Bowman]

This is not so much cascading from the REQ to the RITM, rather variables defined on the Order Guide, if you check the Cascade Variables box, will populate in the variables with the same name on (each) Catalog Item.  So you need variables of the same type and name defined on the Order Guide and the/every Catalog Item, and check the box on the Order Guid Definition, then you will see the Order Guide variable values populated on the/every RITM that is created.

[CamUnderwood]

@Brad Bowman  - thank you! now my next and most painful question....

is there any easy way to get the variables from the order guide copied to each catalog item? its something like 40+ variables so i do NOT want to have to create each of those on all 19 or so catalog items this order guide is triggering.

[Saurabh Gupta]

Hi,

Create variable set for common set of variables and include within catalog/order guide.

[CamUnderwood]

is there a way to create the variable set from variables that already exist>?