# Auto populate Job Template's Variables from playbook

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/auto-populate-job-templates-variables-from-playbook/37209>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/auto-populate-job-templates-variables-from-playbook/37209 "2022-10-12T10:45:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Syahrul\_Aiman\_Shahar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Syahrul\_Aiman\_Shahar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Syahrul_Aiman_Shahar)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/auto-populate-job-templates-variables-from-playbook/37209/1 "2022-10-12T10:45:14Z")

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Hi guys,

Is it possible to auto-populate the Job Template’s Variables fields with default values from the playbook?

This would make it easier for user to know what values need to be entered in the Variables.

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**Author:** ![AWX\_Project](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@AWX\_Project](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Project)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/auto-populate-job-templates-variables-from-playbook/37209/2 "2022-10-12T18:55:05Z")

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This is not currently possible but we think your idea is good!  
Please consider contributing a PR for this following our contributing guidelines: [https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md)  
Or, if preferred, feel free to [create a feature request](https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&template=feature_request.yml) with lots of details.

-The AWX Team

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**Author:** ![Syahrul\_Aiman\_Shahar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Syahrul\_Aiman\_Shahar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Syahrul_Aiman_Shahar)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/auto-populate-job-templates-variables-from-playbook/37209/3 "2022-10-13T04:15:33Z")

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I’m not sure how to contribute. Maybe I’ll create a feature request instead. Thanks!
