When you create a variable, it appears in the input and the output schemas in the XMap view. The Developer tool adds a dollar sign ($) to the variable name to indicate that it is a variable.

You can create a variable that is a list of multiple values. You can use a list variable for the same purpose as a multiple-occurring schema element. Configure a list variable as input for a repeating group or configure a predicate to search for a value in the list variable.

For example, you have an XML document that contains addresses. You need to create a list of all the countries from the addresses. Map the country element into a $countries variable that you define as a list.