Pass variable to included playbook?

Question

I would like to have a master playbook, which include's other playbooks. Is it possible to pass a variable to that included playbook?

The normal syntax which is used for passing variables to included tasks doesn't work (see below)

- include: someplaybook.yml variable=value

and

- include: someplaybook.yml
  vars:
    variable: value

I'm running v2.0.2.0.

Answer 1

Tested on ansible 2.4

- import_playbook: any_playbook.yml variable='value'

Answer 2

The only thing i see missing is quotes.

- include: someplaybook.yml variable='value'

It works for me and should work for you too. If not share the error you face.

Make sure you have this variable "variable" defined in the task of the role as well and from here you are just passing the value to that variable.