# Re-use selections

## Re-use methods

FastStats allows you to quickly create selections and easily reuse them.

- You can [save a selection](<https://help.apteco.com/en/faststats/analysis/selections/save-selection/index.md>) and re-use it by dragging it from the **Files** explorer back into FastStats workspace.
- Saved selections can be dragged into a new or existing selection window - see [Using saved files in selections](<https://help.apteco.com/en/faststats/analysis/selections/saved-files-in-selection/index.md>) for more on the possible options.
- You can also drag part of a selection into the workspace to create a new selection based only on that part.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Example**
>
> The selection below identifies households in Wigan that include at least one person who is either a professional or earns £30–40k.
>
> By clicking and dragging from the ANY node into the FastStats workspace you can create a new selection:
>
> Instead of dragging and dropping the ANY node into the FastStats workspace, you could select the **Occupation OR Income** row and drop it onto the end of another selection - for example here, to select people with the title of **Mrs** who have an occupation of **Professional** OR earn **30 - 40k**:

## Favourites

**Favourites** lets you store commonly used selections so you don’t have to rebuild them each time, or navigate to retrieve them from the Files explorer.

To save a selection to Favourites:

1. Click the icon next to the selection name.
2. Drag the icon into Favourites.

   You can reload a selection stored in favourites in the same way as you do directly from the Files explorer.

See [Multiple variables](<https://help.apteco.com/en/faststats/analysis/selections/multiple-variables/index.md>) for help on creating selections on more than one element.