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Posted on by GD-16081559-0

I initialized a variable at the beginning of my flow. Further down, I want to "Set Variable".

But in the "Set variable" NAME box, the drop down arrow on the right does nothing. I do not get a list of variables to choose.

And I cannot manually type in the variable name.

I would prefer to use "Old" Designer, but a "compose" bug there forced me to use "New".

I am using the Cloud version, not desktop. Any thoughts ?

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,433 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi,

Can you please show us the flow so we can verify please. Also, what bug were you facing? I wasn't aware of any bugs in the Old UI for a compose that wouldn't be there for the new.

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GD-16081559-0 38 on at

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"Solution"

Another variable had a '#' in the name, which apparently is not allowed in "New Designer", but the variable name was originally created in "Old" designer.

So a variable in New Designer called "Newest Item #" should be changed to "Newest Item Number"

I removed the # from the other variable name, saved the flow, re-opened it, and now I can see a list of variables.

Crazy bugs and quirks in both "Old" and "New" designer. Frustrating waste of time.

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GD-16081559-0 38 on at

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@FLMike

In "old" designer, I used Compose on a field from AI Hub. It was set up correctly, but when I ran the flow, the compose did not show the "Input" or "output" section. I have a PA consultant expert who suggested I try adding the compose in "New" designer, and it worked perfectly.

But it seems in "New" designer that actions can not have '#' in the name, so carry-over names from "old" designer may need to be changed.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,433 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Ty for sharing the solution, its definitely nice to know and sorry you had this issue.

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ArjunManchala23 2 on at

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You have to first initialize the variable (action), there you can enter names, once then, it will be listed out in Names dropdown here.

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