Re-order playbook variants

---
title: Re-order playbook variants
description: Change the order in which playbook variants are evaluated.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/build-workflows/workflow-studio/reorder-playbook-variants.html
release: australia
product: Workflow Studio
classification: workflow-studio
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Playbook variants, Understanding the playbook components, Build Playbooks, Playbooks, Workflow Studio, Build workflows]
---

# Re-order playbook variants

Change the order in which playbook variants are evaluated.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin or playbook.admin

## About this task

Playbook variants are evaluated from the top down at every level. The first variant that meets conditions will run.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Workflow Studio**.

2.  Open the playbook with the variants that you want to re-order.

3.  Select the variant icon \(\[Omitted image "playbook-variants-icon.png"\]\) to open the variant panel on the left.

4.  Drag and drop the variants to a new place within their level.

    \[Omitted image "reorder-variant.gif"\] Alt text: Changing the order of variants in the variant panel

    Variants cannot be moved to different levels. They can only be reordered at the sibling level.


**Parent Topic:**[Playbook variants](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/build-workflows/workflow-studio/playbook-variants.md)