Using charateristics in formulas

Hello everybody,
I got following problem:
I've got a simpe reports:
characteristics: COUNTRY (like US, DE, GB ...)
key figures: AMOUNT.
What I need is this: to write an formula in which i make folowing check: if COUTRY = 'US'-> Noth America, if COUNTRY = 'DE' -> Euerop and so on. I ve tried with creating a new variable (in the formula editor), but I didn't help. Is there any way to check the value of charcteristic in a formula.
Any help appriciated.
Thnx.
Pawel

Make sure the characterstic is available in the drilldown.
Also check the document given below:
https://websmp106.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700001963972003E/HowToCalcWithAttr.pdf
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