# Playbooks can now import playbooks

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbooks-can-now-import-playbooks/11677>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 14, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbooks-can-now-import-playbooks/11677 "2012-07-14T14:07:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/playbooks-can-now-import-playbooks/11677/1 "2012-07-14T14:07:32Z")

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Ansible prefers when you use plays to map a group to a specific series of roles.

For instance, assume a webservers.yml playbook: