# Variable Explorer

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*Check out the given Walk-through on the Variable explorer functionality.*
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The Variable explorer tab displays the ***Name*** column and ***Explore*** icon for all the variables that have been created and executed within the Notebook cells.

* Navigate to the Notebook page.
* Write and run code using the Code cell.
* Open the ***Variable explorer*** tab.
* The variables will be listed below under the ***Name*** column and there will be an ***Explore*** icon beside each variable name.
* By hovering cursor on a variable, you can get mention of the name, type, and shape details of the selected variable.
* Click the ***Explore*** icon.

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* The ***Preview Variable Details*** page opens.
* Select a Variable from the displayed list.
* Click the ***Preview*** icon provided for the selected Variable.

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* The Preview Variable Value page opens.
* All the values of the selected Variable get displayed in a tabular format.​

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Refer the **Data Science Lab Quick Start Flow** page to get an overview of the **Data Science Lab** module in nutshell.* [***Click here***](https://docs.bdb.ai/data-science-lab/data-science-lab-quick-start-flow) *to get redirected to the quick start flow page.*
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