# \[Resolved\] No access to global variable in Pool form?

**URL:** <https://community.ofelia.com/t/resolved-no-access-to-global-variable-in-pool-form/4465>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Created:** [30 April 2014 15:09 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/resolved-no-access-to-global-variable-in-pool-form/4465 "2014-04-30T15:09:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![frank.vtour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@frank.vtour](https://community.ofelia.com/u/frank.vtour)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2014 15:09 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/resolved-no-access-to-global-variable-in-pool-form/4465/1 "2014-04-30T15:09:35Z")

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Hi,

When having a Pool form I cannot select a global variable to use as an initial value for i.e. text field or message field. In a Step form I can. Can somebody tell me why there’s made a difference? Using v6.2

Best Regards  
-Frank

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**Author:** ![haris.subasic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@haris.subasic](https://community.ofelia.com/u/haris.subasic)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2014 15:23 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/resolved-no-access-to-global-variable-in-pool-form/4465/2 "2014-04-30T15:23:59Z")

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Hello,  
when the pool-level initialization form is displayed, the case is still not created at that moment and thus variables do not have any values yet. But you can use this form to initialize values of your process data.  
Hope this helps,  
Haris