Variables and data files in Postman Collection Runner - http-post

I have an API get requests in Postman that uses a data file of voucher codes to look up other information about the code, such as the name of the product the code is for. When using collection runner the voucher codes are passed incorrectly and the data is returned about the product.
For some reason, I'm unable to capture the data from the response body and link this into the next request.
1st get request has this in the body section:
{
"dealId": 6490121,
"voucherCode": "J87CM9-5PV33M",
"productId": 520846,
"productTitle": "A Book",
"orderNumber": 23586548,
"paymentMethod": "Braintree",
"deliveryNotificationAvailable": true
}
I have this in the tests section to capture the values:
var jsonData = pm.response.json()
pm.environment.set("dealId", jsonData.dealId);
pm.globals.set("productId", jsonData.productId);
when posting the next request in the body:
{
"dealId":{{dealId}},
"dealVoucherProductId": {{productId}},
"voucherCode":"{{VoucherCode}}",
}
and pre-request scripts:
pm.environment.set("productId", "productId");
pm.globals.set("dealId", "dealId");
As you can see I've tried to use global and environmental variables both are not populating the next request body.
What am I missing?

This wouldn't set anything in those variables apart from the strings that you've added.
pm.environment.set("dealId", "dealId");
pm.globals.set("productId", "productId");
In order to capture the response data and set it in the variable you will need to add something like this to the first requests Tests tab:
var jsonData = pm.response.json()
pm.environment.set("dealId", jsonData.dealId);
pm.globals.set("productId", jsonData.productId);
Depending on the response schema of the first request - This should set those values as the variables.
You can just use the {{dealId}} and {{productId}} where ever you need them after that.
If you're using a environment variable, ensure that you have created an file for those values to be set.

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...
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{
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"data":
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${siteID_"({siteIndex})"}
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