# Make "Import variables" available for write-access users **URL:** \ **Category:** Build Environment\ **Created:** [May 30, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-import-variables-available-for-write-access-users/12946 "2017-05-30T11:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adocherty2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@adocherty2016](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/adocherty2016)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-import-variables-available-for-write-access-users/12946/1 "2017-05-30T11:34:39Z")
Currently the “Import variables” button is only available to admins, however, if one has write-access to two projects then they should be able to import variables between those projects. After all, the variables are obscured so it shouldn’t present a security risk. ---
**Author:** ![efenderbosch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/efenderbosch/32/22472_2.png) [@efenderbosch](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/efenderbosch)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-import-variables-available-for-write-access-users/12946/2 "2017-07-14T13:32:15Z")
This would actually make the “Import Variables” feature useful. We’ve got a project setup w/ all the env vars all the projects needs. But I can’t import them into a new project even though I added both projects to circle ci. The idea behind this feature is to allow re-use w/o bugging the keeper of the secrets. In the current implementation, when a new project is added, the keeper still needs to go in and copy the env vars. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/make-import-variables-available-for-write-access-users/12946/3 "2018-06-18T11:39:31Z")