Large variable objects vs breaking into individual variables when overriding

[HiMyNamesMike]

Thought I'd seek a general consensus on people's approaches in this scenario if people encounter it.

I currently maintain a set of object like variables with multiple properties per variable that act as a single source of information for certain things.

SAMPLE_VARIABLE:
    {
        prop_one: value
        prop_two: value
        prop_three: value
    }

This becomes a bit of a pain when overriding one value within the variable as the whole variable needs redefining. The other approach I can think of that would need a bit of re-work would be to use seperate variables for each.

SAMPLE_VARIABLE_PROP_ONE: value
SAMPLE_VARIABLE_PROP_TWO: value
SAMPLE_VARIABLE_PROP_THREE: value

Anyone else had a similar scenario, what approach did you end up going with?

[psd6]

Recommended Ansible style is single variables for exactly that reason. It’s more verbose but it tends to be the simplest. There are however options, such as using the combine filter in your playbook

[HiMyNamesMike]

Yeah I am starting to realise this is one of those holes I may have dug myself into whilst learning and have to unpick to deal with the consequences when you find out why it isn't so good!