# Use a variable (or expression) to change to an app or step

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/use-a-variable-or-expression-to-change-to-an-app-or-step/464>\
**Category:** Product Suggestions\
**Created:** [June 10, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/use-a-variable-or-expression-to-change-to-an-app-or-step/464 "2020-06-10T22:00:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![mellerbeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@mellerbeck](https://community.tulip.co/u/mellerbeck)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/use-a-variable-or-expression-to-change-to-an-app-or-step/464/1 "2020-06-10T22:00:09Z")

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Right now, you could use a bunch of if-then to pick a step

Would be nice to assign it directly to a variable (understood that a step has a unique ID under the hood so the could be difficult)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/1X/fe6844ed7c24ef21ac67abe00cd68adc07015a50.png)