Regarding Variable Proc. Typ REPLACEMENT PATH

Question

HI EXPERTS,
CAN ANY ONE EXPLAIN HOW THE REPLACEMENT PATH VARIABLE TYPE HELPS IN REPORTS AND IN WHT SENARIOS WE CAN USE. PLZ EXPLAIN THIS WTH AN EXAPLE.
REGARDS
RAMAKRISHNA K

Answer 1

Hi Ramakrishna,
just go throw the below description.
Replacement Path
Use
You use the Replacement Path processing type to specify the value that automatically replaces the variable when you execute the query or Web application.
Integration
The processing type Replacement Path can be used with characteristic value variables, text variables and formula variables.
Features
The following options are available:
Replace with Characteristic Value
Text and formula variables with the processing type Replacement Path can be replaced with a corresponding characteristic value. In the variables editor, on the General tab page under Reference Characteristic, specify the characteristic that is to be referenced by the replacement. In the Replacement Path tab page, you can choose whether the variable is replaced with the From or the To Value and with the Key or the Name of the characteristic value. You can also specify the Offset Start and Offset Length for the output.
Replace with Query
Characteristic value variables with the processing type Replacement Path are replaced with the results of a query. In the variables editor, on the Replacement Path tab page, select the query whose result you want to use as the variable. You can now process the data result of the selected query as a variable in a different query.
Replace with Variable
Characteristic value variables, hierarchy variables, text variables and formula variables with the Replacement Path processing type can get their values from a different variable.
The following prerequisites need to be fulfilled:
Variable
●     The variable must not be input ready
●     The variable must represent a single value
Source variable
●     The source variable must not be a hierarchy node variable
●     The source variable must be input ready
●     The source variable must be available in the query
●     The source variable must represent a single value or an interval
In the variables editor, on the Replacement Path tab page, specify the source variable from which the value is to be determined. The value is either determined from the key, the external attribute of the key, the description, or the attribute value. You can specify an Offset Start and an Offset Length for the output here.
The variable is replaced on the variables screen upon each data release.
Activities
In the variables editor, on the General tab page, choose the processing type Replacement Path.
Example
If you specify a variable as a characteristic value, you do not have to give a text for the characteristic value right away. Instead, you can fill the text field dynamically, according to the characteristic that you use for the variable when you execute the query. To do this, define a text variable with automatic replacement.
Regards,
Shailaja