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Updates to variable and platform hub docs with new alternative method for creating variables and parameters within a process editor

… for creating variables and parameters within a process editor
## Version notes
- Creating a parameter from a step in the process editor is available from [PLACEHOLDER: the first self-hosted Octopus Server version that includes creating variables and parameters from the process editor, with build number — needs: release version from Travis].

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Need to add the final build number here


## Version notes

- Creating a parameter or variable from a step in the process editor is available from [PLACEHOLDER: the first self-hosted Octopus Server version that includes creating variables and parameters from the process editor, with build number — needs: release version from Travis].

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Need to add the final build number here


## Version notes

- Creating a project variable from the **Template values** page is available from [PLACEHOLDER: the first self-hosted Octopus Server version that includes creating variables and parameters from the process editor, with build number — needs: release version from Travis].

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Need to add the final build number here


## Version notes

- Creating a project variable from the process editor is available from [PLACEHOLDER: the first self-hosted Octopus Server version that includes creating variables from the process editor, with build number — needs: release version from Travis].

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Need to add the final build number here

- A [project](/docs/projects) with a deployment process.
- Permission to edit variables in the project.
- For a project that stores its variables in Git, an unprotected branch selected in the branch switcher.
- Octopus Deploy on version `>= REPLACE_ME_WITH_VERSION_NUMBER`.

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Need to add the final build number here

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Pull request environment is available at https://stoctodocspr3555.z22.web.core.windows.net/.

You can view the ephemeral environment status in Octopus Deploy.

This environment will be automatically deprovisioned when the pull request is closed, or after 7 days of inactivity.


When a release of the project is deployed, the script step will run with the string *Hello, Test* on the Test environment, and with the string *Hello, Production*, on the Production environment.

## Create a variable from the process editor \{#create-from-process-editor}

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Should we be replacing the example above with these steps? Then new users will be encouraged to use the new feature.

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I don't think we can outright replace it since there might be new users that are on older versions, we could swap them around so the new method is first on the page

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