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To create, update, or delete variable metadata records in the CMR, your login user or to associate / disassociate variables with collections,  your login user id must be a member of a group with Provider Object Permissions which include Ingest Operations Read and Update.

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Associate a Variable with one or more Collections for my provider

1. Find the Variable you wish to associate, by using the instructions above for 'Find and view variable records in the CMR'.
2. In the search results table, click on the Name of the Variable you wish to associate.    The display page for that Variable will be presented.   On the display page for the Variable, click on "Manage Collection Associations".
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3. On the Collection Associations page, all collections already associated with this variable will be displayed in a table:
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4. To add new collection associations, click on the 'Add Collection Associations' button.
5. A Collection Association Search page will be displayed.   Choose a Search Field from the pull-down selections, and enter a Search Term (value) for that Search Field.   Note that wildcard searches are supported for some search fields - the text below the search field will tell you if wildcard searches are supported for that field.
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6. A table of collections matching the collection search criteria will be displayed.   Click on the checkbox beside each collection that you wish to associate with the Variable (or click the checkbox in the table header to select all collections in the table), and click on Submit below the collection search results table.   All selected collections will be associated with the Variable.
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7. A Collection Association results page will be displayed, showing all collections now associated with the Variable.   This includes any prior associations plus the associations just completed.
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NOTE:   Because the collection / variable association operation is asynchronous, the results page may be displayed before all associations have completed.   You may need to click on the 'refresh the page' link to see the final results of the collection association.

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Find which Collections are associated with a Variable 

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