# Access data in all tasks
**URL:** https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/access-data-in-all-tasks/8251
**Category:** RAPID Programming
**Created:** [May 23, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/access-data-in-all-tasks/8251 "2018-05-23T09:21:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@scottMHA](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/scottMHA)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/access-data-in-all-tasks/8251/1 "2018-05-23T09:21:27Z")
Is there a way to see data across all tasks in a controller? For example i have VAR num nChkCount; declared in task 1 and want to be able to read it in task 2 but unless its declared locally in task 2 it can not be seen.
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### Author:  [@DenisFR](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/DenisFR)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/access-data-in-all-tasks/8251/2 "2018-05-23T09:43:36Z")
Hello, you have to declare your variable as PERS in the two tasks:
```auto
PERS num nChkCount:=0;
```
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### Author:  [@soup](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/soup)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/access-data-in-all-tasks/8251/3 "2018-05-23T13:14:01Z")
Or, could turn nChkCount into a group output to be used by any task.
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### Author:  [@scottMHA](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/scottMHA)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2018, 8:57am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/access-data-in-all-tasks/8251/4 "2018-05-24T08:57:38Z")
im trying to avoid duplicating data, instead im just passing the num through a group output and reading it in the other task
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### Author:  [@soup](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/soup)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/access-data-in-all-tasks/8251/5 "2018-05-24T13:30:22Z")
Either way, but it’s not data duplication – by declaring a global PERS in both tasks they stay linked as one.