# Lists and dictionaries as survey inputs?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/lists-and-dictionaries-as-survey-inputs/34259>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Created:** [November 30, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lists-and-dictionaries-as-survey-inputs/34259 "2020-11-30T20:06:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Umberto\_Manferdini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9f8e36/32.png) [@Umberto\_Manferdini](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Umberto_Manferdini)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lists-and-dictionaries-as-survey-inputs/34259/1 "2020-11-30T20:06:23Z")

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Hello,  
I would like to use dictionaries and lists as survey inputs for playbook variables  
I created a survey variable with type “text area”

This is an input i want to ad via survey

rouver1:

- image: httpd  
name: indian
- image: alpine  
name: peak
- image: busybox  
name: john

The yaml preview and extra variables view is

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**Author:** ![Nathanael\_Blanchet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dc4da7/32.png) [@Nathanael\_Blanchet](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nathanael_Blanchet)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/lists-and-dictionaries-as-survey-inputs/34259/2 "2020-12-13T08:31:40Z")

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Hello, the answer is much simple: add the from\_yaml filter to your variable in your playbook like so: “{{containers l from\_yaml}}”  
Hope it’ll help many other guys.