# Using monitors and global variables

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/using-monitors-and-global-variables/26920>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** monitors, variables\
**Created:** [August 19, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/using-monitors-and-global-variables/26920 "2021-08-19T14:21:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![timothy.jahn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@timothy.jahn](https://community.postman.com/u/timothy.jahn)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/using-monitors-and-global-variables/26920/2 "2021-08-23T18:52:11Z")

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it looks like you can’t use globals. [Malformed variable URL when using with Monitor](https://community.postman.com/t/malformed-variable-url-when-using-with-monitor/17782)

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