Bex Workbook variables

Hi All,
We have a couple of variables included in our report:
Fiscal Year
Posting period
We are populating these fields using a customer exit that is based on the current system date and this works well for queries.
The problem is that when we use the workbook the customer exit variable values are not flowing through to the workbooks variable screens as the workbooks were already saved with a different Fiscal Year and Posting period selection and this now seems to be overwriting the customer exit variables.
Is it possible for the customer exit value to override the saved workbook value for the Fiscal year and Posting Period without making the variables optional and saving them as blank in the workbook?
Thanks

Hai guys,
Start---BEx Analyzer--
Create new work book.While executing the work book,it is asking me to enter variable values.Once the variables are given and when start executing it, i am getting the ouput correctly and when i broadcast the same through email,in work precalculation tab, again it is asking me to enter variable values.I have done that and executed. But I am not able to receive any email.Infact,after taking 3 mnts it showing Timed out error.Kindly,suggest me with a solution to this. Where should I exactly enter variables?
Could u please,give me some solution.
Thanks,
Mohan Chand Reddy A

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