Variable sets to be moved in UAT/Prod

[JohnLaurenM]

Hi Experts,
how come that my variable sets (created by me) is not readable or detected when transfering update sets, is it needed to be integrated within the instance first? like it should belong first to the instance or are there any other way for my variable sets to be detected/read/attached in transfering. Every time i export the xml from my dev the outcome lacks data specially when it comes to my variable set. I didn't set it up at first or put it in a separate update set and delibrately use the variable sets as i please. please advice.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@JohnLaurenM 

are you sure they were captured correctly in the update set you migrated?

what's not migrated properly?

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