# Can partials be accessed from two views? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 15, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-partials-be-accessed-from-two-views/191650 "2010-07-15T19:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jakx12](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@jakx12](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jakx12)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-partials-be-accessed-from-two-views/191650/1 "2010-07-15T19:58:06Z")
For me to keep my application DRY i need to be able to have partials that can be accessed from two views. How is would I go about doing this? Many thanks, jakx12 ---
**Author:** ![jakx12](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@jakx12](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jakx12)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-partials-be-accessed-from-two-views/191650/2 "2010-07-15T20:09:25Z")
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Zack N. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > For me to keep my application DRY i need to be able to have partials > that can be accessed from two views. How is would I go about doing this? > render :partial =\> “folder/partial\_file” > That should be enough. > Many thanks, – Leonardo M… There’s no place like ~ ---
**Author:** ![jakx12](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@jakx12](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jakx12)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-partials-be-accessed-from-two-views/191650/3 "2010-07-16T20:04:24Z")
Further, you should strive to make all your partials accessible like this, by using :locals in the render and in the partial expecting variable, not @variable, if that makes sense. Cheers