# Assign New Values to Existing Values - Recode

You can map existing values to new values by using easy-to-use dialog UI.

## How to Access?

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-df311975ae73735db06bc4ba5567768106105606%2Frecode.png?alt=media)

* From the Column Menu on a Character Column, select "Replace Values" -> "With New Values".

## How to Use?

### Select Target Columns

You can select a column or multiple columns for this operation. To select multiple columns, check the checkboxes for the columns you want to perform this operation.

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e56e0381e3d12e50e33d55ba47c69b7c5043e8aa%2Frecode_multiple_columns.png?alt=media)

### Set New Values

To map multiple Existing Values to a same New Value, you can simply type in the new values. For example, if you want to set `North Bay` for San Francisco and `South Bay` for San Jose, type in the values like the below screenshot.

![](https://2850417076-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-M4HLCK3olgduYoe3RVS%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-e84f93c7f0dc8ddac870c79a7154727e282d75f0%2Frecode2.png?alt=media)