# Shared varible in Template Repeater **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 14, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-varible-in-template-repeater/32262 "2020-02-14T11:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Toobor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Toobor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Toobor)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-varible-in-template-repeater/32262/1 "2020-02-14T11:01:42Z")
Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to have a shared varible between instances of templates when using Template Repeater? In my case I have created a button in a template with lable-name as input. I have then used Template Repeater to create x number of buttons. When a button is clicked I want to save the lable-name in a shared varible which I can use to know which button that was last clicked. ---
**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-varible-in-template-repeater/32262/2 "2020-02-14T12:49:44Z")
Create a client tag and write to that? ---
**Author:** ![Sanderd17](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/sanderd17/32/8735_2.png) [@Sanderd17](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sanderd17)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-varible-in-template-repeater/32262/3 "2020-02-14T13:20:20Z")
You can also `.parent` up a few levels until you’re at the template repeater itself. Just try with a number of `.parent`, and print the type of the result to see where you are. ```auto print 1, type(event.source.parent) print 2, type(event.source.parent.parent) print 3, type(event.source.parent.parent.parent) print 4, type(event.source.parent.parent.parent.parent) print 5, type(event.source.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Toobor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Toobor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Toobor)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/shared-varible-in-template-repeater/32262/4 "2020-02-14T14:29:56Z")
Thank you! I actually tried that before but I used .name instead of type() and got ‘None’ as result. I see now that I did not go far enough in the hierarchy. I now get this result when using …parent.name: 1 Button 2 Template\_button 3 None 4 None 5 None 6 Template Repeater 7 Root Container (It was the ‘None’-result that confused me.) Thank you very much for the answer!