# use variable in remote job

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-variable-in-remote-job/18260>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-variable-in-remote-job/18260 "2015-05-19T15:03:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![r.grosmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@r.grosmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/r.grosmann)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-variable-in-remote-job/18260/1 "2015-05-19T15:03:57Z")

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hi group,

I have tried to expand a variable (‘environment’ in this case) inside a cron job specification, but it does not seem to be possible.  
ansible version 1.7.2

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**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:** [May 19, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-variable-in-remote-job/18260/2 "2015-05-19T15:18:32Z")

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environment is a keyword in ansible, it is not a good idea to use as a  
variable name.

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**Author:** ![r.grosmann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@r.grosmann](https://forum.ansible.com/u/r.grosmann)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-variable-in-remote-job/18260/3 "2015-05-20T06:54:34Z")

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hi Brian,

it is always heart warming to see that problems that seem so big can have such simple solutions. Hopefully this applies to everyday life too. I will take a closer look on that… 😉

thanks a lot, Ruud