# Creating a local variable

1. Start editing the real-time application.
2. In the menu bar, click Program.
3. You cannot create variables when a filter is active.In the local variable table, click +.
4. Identifiers are case insensitive and must begin with a letter or underscore character. Multiple consecutive underscores or trailing underscores are not allowed.Name the new local variable uniquely.
5. Set the following values:
   section
   data type
   initial value