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title: Variable new record form
description: Field description to create a new variable record.
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product: Health and Safety Risk Management
classification: health-and-safety-risk-management
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# Variable new record form

Field description to create a new variable record.

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Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Application

</td><td>

Read-only field that indicates which applications can use this variable.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Type

</td><td>

The variable type that you want to create. For more information, see [Types of service catalog variables](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/r_VariableTypes.md).

</td></tr><tr><td>

Order

</td><td>

Order that the variable is placed on the page for the catalog item. The variables are organized from top to bottom from least to greatest order value. For example, a variable with an order value of 1 is placed above other variables with higher-order values.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Variable set

</td><td>

Variable set using the variable.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Active

</td><td>

Check box to make the variable available for use

</td></tr><tr><td>

Mandatory

</td><td>

Check box to mark the variable required as part of the ordering process.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Read only

</td><td>

Option to make a variable read only or editable.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Hidden

</td><td>

Option to hide a variable.

</td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2">

Question

</td></tr><tr><td>

Question

</td><td>

Question to ask users ordering the catalog item.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

A name to identify the question.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Tooltip

</td><td>

Tooltip text to display when users hover over the variable. Enter a brief note to describe the purpose of the 'Question'.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Example text

</td><td>

Hint that is displayed in the question field before a user enters a value.Applicable for the following variables:

-   IP Address
-   Email
-   URL
-   Single Line Text
-   Wide Single Line Text
-   Multi Line Text
-   Date
-   Date/Time

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Health and Safety Risk Management reference](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/health-and-safety-risk-management/hs-risk-mgmt-reference.md)