Bex field replacement by variable

Hi..
I have a requirement where the value of a field 'zlatestweek' is being populated from backend using a routine. but the routine is such that 'zlatestweek' might jave a value '0'. When it has a value '0', I need to replace the value of 'zlatestweek' with that of a variable 'endweek' that the user is entering when the report runs.
How do implement this?

ok try this way..
create a formula variable - replacement path with value of zlatestweek
create another formula variable - customer exit and in the code, populate it with value of endweek
under key figures, give if condition and get the output of either..

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Replacement path variable for date not working

We have a formula variable using replacement path (BEx 7.0) for a date field and after that we have calculated key figures to perform date difference calculations.
This was working perfectly well until recently when the calculated key figures displayed an "X" instead of the value.
The value seems to appear only when the date fields are drilled down in the report.SO this works like a formula instead.
Is this just an unnatural case where something just stopped working ?
We have checked the calculated key figures and the formula variables , they havent been changed in the recent past.
Is there any other solution you could offer to get date differences without having the date fields in the rows ?
Edited by: ABCD on Jul 29, 2009 2:28 PM

How to use Replacement Path Variables to perform Date Calculations
A Step-by-Step guide
Have you ever wanted to perform calculations using dates defined as characteristics but have never worked out how it can be done? Replacement Path Variables are the key.
Using Replacement Path in your Text and Formula variables, replace values held in a characteristic. The Characteristic value variables are replaced by the results of a query at run-time.
The steps detailed below show a technique to enable a BEx query user to determine the number of days between two dates.
Scenario:
The group HR administrator wants a detailed line item report that lists all employee absences in a given period. The report is to show the employee number, the absence start date, together with the end date of the absence and show the number of calendar days the employee was absent.
The good thing about using this technique is that no redesign work is needed from your technical BW team, no ABAP is involved and best of all, it quick and easy.
Solution:
For this example I created an ODS object called Absence that holds basic employee information along with individual absence record data.
Follow the steps below:
1.     Open the BEx Query Designer and create a new report on your chosen InfoProvider.
2.     Drag the Employee, Valid from and Valid to characteristics into the Rows section of the screen.
If needed, apply data selection restrictions to the characteristics as shown in Figure 1.
3.     Right click on the Key Figures structure and select New Formula (Figure 1).
Figure 1
4.
5.     In the new formula window right click on Formula Variable and choose New Variable ( Figure 2 ).
Figure 2
6.
7.     The Variables Wizard will launch and will require you to specify the variable details.
( Click the NEXT button if the Introduction screen appears )
8.     Enter the variable details on the General Information as shown in Figure 3 .
Enter the Variable Name , Description and select Replacement Path in the Processing by field.
Click the Next Button.
Figure 3
9.
10.     In the Characteristic screen (Figure 4) select the date characteristic that represents the first date to use in the calculation (From Date).
Click the Next Button.
Figure 4
11.
12.     In the Replacement Path screen (Figure 5) select Key in the Replace Variable with field. Leave all the other options as they are (The offset values will be set automatically).
Click the Next Button.
Figure 5
13.
14.     In the Currencies and Units screen (Figure 6) select Date as the Dimension ID.
Click the Next button.
Figure 6
15.
16.     The Save Variable screen (Figure 7) displays a summary of the new variable.
Click on the Finish button to save the variable.
Figure 7
17.
18.     Repeat steps 4 to 11 to create a second variable for the second date to be used in the calculation.
In the example shown, the characteristic 0DATETO is used to create the variable ABSEND (Absence End Date).
Define the Calculation
We can now use our two new replacement variables to define our new calculated key figure that generates the number of absence days for each record.
1.     You will now be back at the New Formula screen (Figure 8). Drag and drop the two new variables into the formula section of the screen and insert the subtract sign (u201C-u201C) between the two.
2.     Give the new formula a description and click the formula syntax check button to ensure the formula is valid.
Figure 8
3.
4.     The new calculated key figure will now show in the columns section of the BEx query designer (Figure 9).
Figure 9
5.
6.     Save the query and execute it.
In the example shown the Number of Calendar Days Absent is calculated correctly. See the table of results below.
Employee     Valid From     Valid To     Number of Calendar
Days Absent
50000001     17/04/2004      21/04/2004      4
50000002     16/07/2004      29/09/2004      13
50000003     07/01/2004      09/02/2004      33
50000004     04/08/2004      05/08/2004      1
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Replacement Path Variable

I have one variable for 0CALWEEK which is an input variable.
Now I want to extract week number from this variable value.
Ex. 0CALWEEK = 200850
I want to extract 50 from this variable for calculation purpose.
How to proceed for the same using replacement path?
Thanks,
Sharayu

Hi........
Check this.....
http://teklink.co.uk/sap/sap-bi-bw-how-to-use-replacement-path-variables-to-perform-date-calculations-in-the-bex-analyzer/
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/008d15dc-f76c-2b10-968a-fafe5a121129
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/03/6ba03cc24efd1de10000000a114084/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/EN/2c/78a03c1178ad2ce10000000a114084/content.htm
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you could try (at your own risk) the following:
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Thank you in advance!

take an e.g.
u have characteristic say ch1
u want to restrict it with replacement path variable
first of all create a variable var1
click what it is based upon for e.g. 0calday, 0material etc.
make it user entry variable
select single or multiple entry
make it mandatory
save it and hit okey
click on ch1
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give its name and technical name
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Could you please let me know if it is possible to use charecteristic value instead of key figure with replacement path variable. My requirement is to use factory calendar id as the replacement variable on plant characteristic, now when I choose replcaement variable with Attribute value, the dropdown menu only gives the list of key figures assigned as an attributes to Plant.
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Regards
SS

Hi sachin
U can use it
Look at these links
Re: Customer exit & Replacement path........?
Variable with Replacement Path
Re: Replacement Path for Charastrictics Variable
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/03/6ba03cc24efd1de10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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Apparently the system generates same number for both AR and Billing document.
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take an e.g.
u have characteristic say ch1
u want to restrict it with replacement path variable
first of all create a variable var1
click what it is based upon for e.g. 0calday, 0material etc.
make it user entry variable
select single or multiple entry
make it mandatory
save it and hit okey
click on ch1
right click and say restrict
in new window create a new variable
give its name and technical name
processing path is replacement path
go to next tab of replacement path
select several ooptions
replace variable with another variable
select a variable called var1
change the offset length and offset start with different parameters.
hit okey
this way u have restricted ch1 with replacement path variable var1
now when u run report u have to enter value of var1
which will then further feeded to ch1
this way u can create replacement path variables at lots of instances and then u can always feed the value from var1 at different time
make sure as this ur requirement is date
try to use 0calday as reference infoobject all the times....

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I have a replacement path variable in a query that use the result from other query (a pre-query), both of them use the same variables, exactly the same, although the query ask me for the values of the variables twice (for the query and for the pre-query), is possible that the query ask me for the variables only one time (re-use the same values for both queries)?
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If possible use only the variable with replacement path on the query. Since the Pre-query has all the same variables as the main query, the user would enter all the required input on the pre-query one time. The result of the pre--query feeds the main query. If the main query has no other selection variables except for the replacement path, the selection screen will not pop up again.
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I decalred one field as a variable and i am trying to execute the query. but it throwing error. what is the correct way to pass the variable.
Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 3
Line 3: Incorrect syntax near 'g'.
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Hi,
I found a difficulty when creating a query. so, I would like to ask you some question.
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