# Creating Variables in Canvas

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-variables-in-canvas/295854>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [January 31, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-variables-in-canvas/295854 "2022-01-31T14:48:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![elasticfran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@elasticfran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticfran)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-variables-in-canvas/295854/1 "2022-01-31T14:48:24Z")

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Hello there,  
Can anyone help me creating variables in Canvas?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-variables-in-canvas/295854/2 "2022-01-31T20:42:08Z")

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hi fran. can you be more specific? what exactly are you trying to accomplish and what have you tried so far?

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**Author:** ![elasticfran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@elasticfran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticfran)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-variables-in-canvas/295854/3 "2022-02-01T13:30:27Z")

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Hello @nickpeihl ! First off, i am not a programmer i just have a basic understanding of python which in this case dont help. So, i am tasked to create a report in Canvas, within this report there are graphs and panels i can import from my dashboards. That s ok. What i may need to create are variable within the Canvas i may change at need. Is that doable aight? For instance, a field called "Name" where i may somehow change it based on my client s name. I tried the "expression editor", ( what language is that btw?) and the css box with no luck. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/creating-variables-in-canvas/295854/4 "2022-03-01T13:30:54Z")

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