# Global variables are unavailable

**What you are seeing**

The **Global variables** section says: _Global variables are unavailable. They are kept in the Capable Asset Store space, which is missing or which you cannot view. Ask a Confluence admin for View access._ **Create** is greyed out. Global values may also show \[unavailable\] on pages.

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## Why it happens

Global variables are stored in the **Capable Asset Store** space. Anyone who cannot view that space cannot list, create or read global variables.

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## What to do

Ask a Confluence administrator to give View permission on the Capable Asset Store space to everyone who should read global values, typically the same groups that use Confluence. Give **Add pages** permission to the people who should create them.

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## A few things that catch people out

* Do not delete the Capable Asset Store space. Other Capable features keep global content there too.
* Being able to view the store space does not let people change global variables; editing follows that space's edit permissions and each variable's restrictions.

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## Related

### [Space and global variables](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/space-and-global-variables.html)

Where a variable lives.

### [Variables settings](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/variables-settings.html)

Every setting in one table.

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