# Opal 5 - How to Add/Update Dictionaries for Tables and Views

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**Created:** [13 March 2025 16:09 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/opal-5-how-to-add-update-dictionaries-for-tables-and-views/1218 "2025-03-13T16:09:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![aakkoc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/aakkoc/32/200_2.png) [@aakkoc](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/aakkoc)\
**Post date:** [13 March 2025 16:09 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/opal-5-how-to-add-update-dictionaries-for-tables-and-views/1218/1 "2025-03-13T16:09:24Z")

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Opal 5 question for @yannick, has the `Add/update variables from dictionary...` button moved?

This is how it was in Opal 4, under `+ Add Variables`.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/datashield1/original/1X/9423ef99a16e0b4ed25ec3ed6935952e927d380a.png)

In Opal 5, `+` does not come with the same options:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/datashield1/original/1X/1fc400d0b64ee375e64d8f40a602d0b061eea19b.png)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/datashield1/original/1X/bcaf2dc110457ccf6f1eaa20e5daf4422015dcf0.png)

Thanks in advance 🙂

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**Author:** ![aakkoc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/aakkoc/32/200_2.png) [@aakkoc](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/aakkoc)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2025 12:22 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/opal-5-how-to-add-update-dictionaries-for-tables-and-views/1218/2 "2025-05-23T12:22:52Z")

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Hey can I bump this @yannick , is there a new way to pass dictionaries in Opal 5. Thanks in advance 🙂

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**Author:** ![yannick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/yannick/32/19_2.png) [@yannick](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/yannick)\
**Post date:** [23 May 2025 13:28 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/opal-5-how-to-add-update-dictionaries-for-tables-and-views/1218/3 "2025-05-23T13:28:57Z")

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Hi,

It does, but at the **Tables** page level only.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/datashield1/original/1X/ddcfdd3774d5e66f1bb2c1cdc87be55e72795e5d.png)

Best regards  
Yannick

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**Author:** ![aakkoc](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/datashield.discourse.group/aakkoc/32/200_2.png) [@aakkoc](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/aakkoc)\
**Post date:** [27 June 2025 13:57 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/opal-5-how-to-add-update-dictionaries-for-tables-and-views/1218/4 "2025-06-27T13:57:56Z")

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Perfect!

Solved an issue with colleagues thx to this 🙂