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Once a variant has been created in the administration, you will need to assign pages to it.

There are several ways to assign a page to a variant:

• On the Confluence page where requirements are defined

• On the Administration page.

On the Confluence page

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The byline dialog gives you the information of the assigned variant.

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When you change the variant, you need to click the Save button.

It may display if the page has children, and if you want to also include them in the assignment.

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Example of a page having children, and user selected to include children.

The user has to click Save button to trigger the indexation.

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The byline dialog knows if there are children to index or not.

In this case, it does not propose to Include child pages, because the page does not have some.

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Assign pages individually to a variant

Before having any variant created, all your pages will be in ‘Current’ by default. You can see that information in the Byline.	Image Added
The easiest way to create a variant, is to duplicate your current page. Make sure you give it a different name, by adding the name of the variant for example.	Image Added
It is normal to see a Status colour Red title multiple definitions error on your requirements because the duplicated page is also in 'Current', for now. You will then need to assign your duplicated page to the correct variant.	Image Added
To assign the page, go into the byline and click on: “Variant : “Current” (change)”. You will then see this dropdown.	Image Added
Select the desired variant and click on Save and re-index.	Image Added
If your page has children pages, you will also be able to include them in the variant. Rick ‘Include child pages’ and save.	Image Added

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Bulk assign pages to a variant in the Administration

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When clicking on the Assign pages button, a dialog is displayed:

When opening the dialog a list of page of your space are displayed as a tree (first level, then you can expand to see the children) You can filter the pages By typing the name By using the CQL syntax The list of variants associated to the displayed pages are listed. You can search the variant you want to use by typing in the Select a variant placeholder You need to check the boxes next to the pages you want to assign Then you drag and drop the selected items onto the variant you want. The process may take some time, you can close the dialog, the processing is done in background.

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