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title: "Set Datasource Variable"
slug: "set-datasource-variable"
updated: 2024-04-16T11:16:18Z
published: 2024-04-16T11:16:17Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/set-datasource-variable"
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# Set Datasource Variable

### General

This type of action can be used to set the value of the variable of a Datasource.

### Properties

This type of action has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Datasource Variable | The datasource variable whose value shall be set. |
| Value | An Expression that evaluates to the string (text) value to set the variable to. |

### QlikView and Qlik Sense Considerations

When setting a variable in a QlikView or Qlik Sense Datasource, the value of the variable needs to be a string (text value) that contains the same QlikView or Qlik Sense expression you would enter in QlikView or Qlik Sense itself to define the variable.

#### Example 1: Numeric Value

The value expression needs to return the following string in order to set the variable to the numeric value 1:

          Qlik Expression

          

=1

In order to achieve this return value, the Mail & Deploy expression could look like:

          Mail & Deploy Expression

          

"=1"

#### Example 2: Text Value

The value expression needs to return the following string in order to set the variable to the text value Hello World:

          Qlik Expression

          

='Hello World'

In order to achieve this return value, the Mail & Deploy expression could look like:

          Mail & Deploy Expression

          

"='Hello World'"

#### Example 3: Date Value

The value expression needs to return the following string in order to set the variable to the date value January 3rd 2021:

          Qlik Expression

          

=MakeDate(2021, 1, 3)

In order to achieve this return value, the Mail & Deploy expression could look like:

          Mail & Deploy Expression

          

"=MakeDate(2021, 1, 3)"