# How can i include other var files in a yaml file with only variables defined **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [October 24, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-include-other-var-files-in-a-yaml-file-with-only-variables-defined/22864 "2016-10-24T11:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ishan\_jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@ishan\_jain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ishan_jain)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-include-other-var-files-in-a-yaml-file-with-only-variables-defined/22864/1 "2016-10-24T11:57:15Z")
Hi, I use simple YAML files for defining some constant values to be used in my playbooks. A typical file would look like this: var1: abc var2: xyz var3: - item1 - item2 var4: 4.1: a 4.2: b I simply include the the file(s) like above in my playbooks in vars: section and all the constant values are available to me. Now i have a situation where i would like to break my vars file into several sub categories and include them all in one main vars file. I expect that i will have to include this one var file and others would be imported by this var file. I used include statement to have this: - include: subvars1.yaml - include: subvars2.yaml var1: abc var2: xyz var3: - item1 - item2 But this one is failing with some syntax error message. How can i include another vars file into one vars only file ? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-can-i-include-other-var-files-in-a-yaml-file-with-only-variables-defined/22864/2 "2016-10-24T13:26:58Z")
You cannot, YAML does not have an include feature.