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Is there any way to update a variables value in PVA without bot framework?

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I've been dealing with an issue for quite a while now. I have a topic in my bot where the output to the user changes based on where they are in a conversation. The potential options are exponential and therefore I need to update the existing variable based on their input rather than create new variables for every possible option. I'm currently going to painstaking lengths to accomplish this by creating a file where the name of the file is the variable value and renaming the file when the value needs to be changed. It's quite the hack job to say the least! I've poured through the forums and it seems the only way to accomplish this in the straightforward way you intuit it should be done is through bot framework however, my company only has PVA for TEAMS which doesn't include bot framework. This seems like such an easy and obvious solution to have available in the default environment. Is there something I'm missing? Is there any way to update an existing variable in PVA default environment without it creating a new variable? If not, why not? It is such an obvious and simple feature to include that I'm truly baffled why it isn't available.

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    My understanding is that in the current production version it's not possible, but it is possible in the preview version - it's a future feature that you can try out now.

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