# Is it possible to select detailed time use activities from a list to download instead of building and naming sep? **URL:** \ **Category:** TIME USE\ **Created:** [July 17, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/is-it-possible-to-select-detailed-time-use-activities-from-a-list-to-download-instead-of-building-and-naming-sep/1825 "2017-07-17T22:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@davew](https://forum.ipums.org/u/davew)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/is-it-possible-to-select-detailed-time-use-activities-from-a-list-to-download-instead-of-building-and-naming-sep/1825/1 "2017-07-17T22:28:00Z")
For example, if I want to see the time spent participating for each of the 20 or more sports activities is there a way just to click on each to select to download or do I have to build individual new time use variables to get this data. It seems like a real pain to have to build variables since the data should be there already. ---
**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/is-it-possible-to-select-detailed-time-use-activities-from-a-list-to-download-instead-of-building-and-naming-sep/1825/2 "2017-07-18T14:07:00Z")
Most time use variables are user-defined combinations of given activities recorded via diaries by the BLS. IPUMS Time Use does have some pre-made TUVs [here](https://www.atusdata.org/atus-action/time_use_variables/group/2), [here](https://www.atusdata.org/atus-action/time_use_variables/group/3), and [here](https://www.atusdata.org/atus-action/time_use_variables/group/5). Outside of these variables, you’ll need to create your own variables for time spent during specific activities.