Use **Values** to name data that later steps save, compare, or insert into text and URLs. It is a section above **Steps** in **Add New Automation** / **Edit Automation**, not an Add Step; each row has a name and an optional starter.

Names slug to letters, digits, and underscore, and must start with a letter. [Save value](/steps/save-value) and If / Wait Matches **Saved** pick from this list.

The starter seeds the live map only when that key is missing. Restart keeps a captured value. The live map persists across links, cycles, Pause/Resume, and Restart until you Remove the automation or start a new one.

## How to use it

1. Click **Add** under **Values**. Enter a name. Optional starter text.
2. Add a [Save value](/steps/save-value) step and pick that name.
3. Use `{{name}}` in [Type Text](/steps/type-text) or mid-flow [Go To Web Page](/steps/go-to-web-page). Unknown names become empty. [If / Else](/steps/if-else) and Wait Until **Matches** use the **Saved** operand, not the token.

Editor Test on Save value does not write the live map.

## Not this control

Is not a graph step. Is not Save value. Is not If / Else.

## Related guides

The [side panel tour](/blog/welcome) is the first place Values appears in the sheet. [Walking through links](/blog/walk-through-links-in-chrome) is a common run that saves a field on each URL.