# Show the same value on many pages

A common case: a product's current version appears in installation guides, release notes, support articles and the space home page. Every release, someone hunts down each mention. With a variable you change it once.

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## Before you start

* Your site is on the Advanced edition of the Capable Suite.
* You can add pages in the space (or in the Capable Asset Store, if the version is quoted across several spaces).

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## 1\. Create the variable

1. Open **Apps**, then **Capable**, then **Variables**, and choose **Space variables** (or **Global variables** if other spaces quote it too).
2. Select **Create**.
3. Name: _Product version_. Type: **Text**, so values such as _4.2.1_ or _2026.10_ print exactly. Value: the current version. Description: _Update on release day_.
4. Select **Create**.

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Use **Number** only for a true number such as a price or a limit. A version like _4.2.1_ is not a number.

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## 2\. Replace each mention

1. Search the space for the current version text.
2. On each page, edit, select the old version text, type **/variable**, choose **Variable (Capable)** and pick _Product version_. Delete the old text.
3. Publish. The value reads exactly as it did, now kept in one place.

For a page that only needs the version on a line of its own, use **Variables** in the byline instead of the editor.

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## 3\. Check coverage

Open the variable in the catalogue. **Used on N pages that you can see** should match the pages you changed, once a few minutes have passed. Select it to see the list in Capable Search.

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## 4\. On release day

Open the variable, select **Edit**, enter the new version and **Save**. Every page shows it on its next load. If the space is published with Capable Sites, publish the site again so it picks up the new value.

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## A few things that catch people out

* Pages get no new version and watchers are not notified when the value changes. If people need to know, tell them another way.
* PDF and Word exports made before the change keep the old value.

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## Related

### [Variable macro](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/variable-macro.html)

Insert, configure, change.

### [Capable Search](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/capable-search.html)

Find every page that shows it.

### [Retire or replace a variable safely](https://help.gocapable.com/variables/retire-or-replace-a-variable-safely.html)

Delete or swap without broken pages.

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_Change it once, on release day._