# Can playbook tag input be placed in group\_var? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [July 23, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-playbook-tag-input-be-placed-in-group-var/33475 "2020-07-23T17:37:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chr00ted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chr00ted/32/2188_2.png) [@chr00ted](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chr00ted)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-playbook-tag-input-be-placed-in-group-var/33475/1 "2020-07-23T17:37:38Z")
If I’m running a playbook that has tags, can I place the tag information be placed in the group\_vars? That way if I run a playbook against against an ansible group with children, the children could have different tags for use in the playbook? ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-playbook-tag-input-be-placed-in-group-var/33475/2 "2020-07-23T19:34:54Z")
No. It's not possible. Quoting from "Tags" [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user\_guide/playbooks\_tags.html#tags](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/user_guide/playbooks_tags.html#tags)   "You can see which tasks will be executed with --tags or --skip-tags by   combining it with --list-tasks:   ansible-playbook example.yml --tags "configuration,packages" --list-tasks The tags are evaluated when a playbook starts. Otherwise the control flow could be changed on the fly by such variables. Tags can be set   \* on the command line "--tags, --skip-tags"   \* in configuration settings in tags section "run, skip"   \* in environment "ANSIBLE\_RUN\_TAGS, ANSIBLE\_SKIP\_TAGS" See [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/config.html#tags-run](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#tags-run) [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/config.html#tags-skip](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#tags-skip) Next option to consolidate tags is the concept of Ansible runner's project [https://ansible-runner.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#env-cmdline](https://ansible-runner.readthedocs.io/en/latest/intro.html#env-cmdline) ---
**Author:** ![jean-yves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@jean-yves](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jean-yves)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-playbook-tag-input-be-placed-in-group-var/33475/3 "2020-07-23T19:36:08Z")
Hi, I think you should be asking what you want to do more clearly (Perhaps with a little playbook to be completed) instead of trying some obscured things Regards, JYL ---
**Author:** ![vbotka](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/vbotka/32/359_2.png) [@vbotka](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vbotka)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-playbook-tag-input-be-placed-in-group-var/33475/4 "2020-07-23T19:57:12Z")
It's not possible on the playbooks' level actually. Any attempt will look obscure. Still the use-case is valid: "Set the tags for an inventory group". This can be done on top of a playbook. In a script, AWX, Ansible runner, etc. ---
**Author:** ![chr00ted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chr00ted/32/2188_2.png) [@chr00ted](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chr00ted)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-playbook-tag-input-be-placed-in-group-var/33475/5 "2020-07-23T20:57:47Z")
Thanks Vladimir