# Nomad variable in job

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**Category:** Nomad\
**Created:** [February 16, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/nomad-variable-in-job/21002 "2021-02-16T13:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tgross](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/tgross/32/3015_2.png) [@tgross](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/tgross)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/nomad-variable-in-job/21002/3 "2021-02-22T16:55:12Z")

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Hi @misrovy! You can’t use interpolation on block labels. See [Can't use variables or locals on block labels · Issue #9522 · hashicorp/nomad · GitHub](https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/issues/9522)

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