Bookmark without saved variable values?

Hi, Our users are actively using bookmarks for our web template that has about 4 queries, but they discovered that bookmarks also save the variable values as well.
They would like to save the navigation state, but not the variable values. Any idea how we can accomplish this?
Thanks,
Ken

Hi Ken,
try to reset the variable values with CMD=RESET_DATA_PROVIDER before you execute the bookmark function.
rgds Jens

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Basic problem: When 2 different users save their modified query views they behave differently. In other case the favourite opens straight to the report without displaying the variable screen and in the other case the variable screen is shown with preselected values.
We'd like to standardize the function throughout the organization in such a way that every saved query view would behave so that the selection variable values would be automatically populated and the report would open without displaying the variable screen.
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Hi,
A. If a person is doing the following activity
1. Using the Export and Distribute-Bookmark function in the context menu of a Web application
or
2. In the BEx Web Analyzer when saving the ad hoc analysis
or
3. When you personalize Web applications
It will create a bookmark with bookmark ID. (To View theses report (SA38)
RSWR_BOOKMARK_REORG - SAP NetWeaver 7.0 format)
B. But if user is creating bookmark from portal framework.. like add to portal favorite or add to browser favorite in toolbar of portal, it only store the navigation struture of portal role.
A.1 Regarding showing Variable screen.
IN BEx Template, if we set Show Variable Screen as OFF, It will not show variable screen provided the mandatory filelds are there. For case A, Since Bookmark ID providing all the variables information it will not show Variable screen.
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Hello All,
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What's your question, because from your statement, it seems like everything is fine ??
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Hi,
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Gili,
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