What are variables in Magical?
💡 Variables are elements on any website or web app. For example, on LinkedIn, you can find Name, Headline or Location.
Using Magical, you can label the Variables you care about most from any website. Magical then remembers your Variables and a u t o m a g i c a l l y fills your shortcuts, spreadsheets, and forms so you never have to type of copy-paste those elements.
On public sites like LinkedIn, many variables are created for you (by other Magicians!), but you can edit or add more.
On internal sites, you can add your own variables! You only ever have to create a variable once - it’ll persist across all pages with the same URL.
Watch how to access variables from any page 👇
How to create variables👇
To view variables, navigate to any page with structured data such as LinkedIn, Salesforce, Zendesk, or your own internal site. Click the Magical icon from the web browser to open the Magical panel and click Add variables.
While in edit mode, you can view the variables that already exist for that site. If you don’t see any, just start to click elements on the page, label them, and click Save. You’ll only need to create variables once.
💡Remember, you can add Variables anywhere on the internet! Variables work best on web pages with structured data (e.g., Profile page on Facebook, Business page on Yelp, Home Listing on Airbnb).
Great work! You’ve created your first variable.
Next, we’ll show you how to use variables in your work. ➡️ Go to the next step.