---
title: "Split a global variable into per-environment values"
method: POST
path: "/api/{org_id}/synthetics/variables/{id}/split"
tags: ["Synthetics"]
---

# Split a global variable into per-environment values

`POST /api/{org_id}/synthetics/variables/{id}/split`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.openobserve.ai/api/{org_id}/synthetics/variables/{id}/split`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/openobserve/apis/openobserve-api-http/docs/api/:org_id/synthetics/variables/:id/split/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, required
- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object

## Response `200`

Split

- SyntheticsVariableView[]
  - union
    - object: What every read path returns for a shared variable.
      - `has_value` boolean
      - `kind` 'plain', required
      - `value` string, required
      - `created_at` integer, required
      - `description` string, required
      - `example` string, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `owner` string, nullable
      - `tags` string[], required
      - `updated_at` integer, required
      - `used_by` string[]: Names of those checks, so a destructive action can list them before it is confirmed.
      - `used_by_checks` integer: Checks whose definition references `{{NAME}}`.
    - object: What every read path returns for a shared variable.
      - `has_value` boolean, required
      - `kind` 'secret', required
      - `created_at` integer, required
      - `description` string, required
      - `example` string, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `owner` string, nullable
      - `tags` string[], required
      - `updated_at` integer, required
      - `used_by` string[]: Names of those checks, so a destructive action can list them before it is confirmed.
      - `used_by_checks` integer: Checks whose definition references `{{NAME}}`.

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid
- `409`: A variable or environment with that name already exists

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