Change actuals to forecast depending on month ?

Hello BW Experts,
Scenario:
1) i have 12 columns in the report. Jan - Dec
2) If the report is run in Jun, it should show Jan to Jun actuals; July - Dec forecast data
if the report is run in sep, it should show jan to sep actuals; oct - dec forecast data
3) i have a cube1 for actuals; cube2 for forecast
4) i have to change the text of the column along with the data in the column.
challenges:
1) change the actuals or forecast in the text of the columns according to the month the report is run
2) change the actuals or forecast data in the columns according to the month the report is run.
How to do this Bex ? Any suggestions appreciated.
Regards,
BWer

Have 12 columns each column hardcoded to a month. And have posting period in the filter are with a user entry type variable, for the user to enter the period.
Now in each column selection you would have month hardcoded and include dataprovider too (As you are not using value type to distinguish the actual and forecast) and further restrict it with a variable of type customer exit. One new customer exit variable for each perid so 12 variables.
For JAN variable - in the exit, ur logic would be to read the posting period passed by the user. And if the value is greater than equal to 1, the value you would pass back on the dataprovider would be the actuals cube, if not pass back forecast cube as the variable value.
This way, any month is less than equal to user entered period would get the amount value from the actuals cube else from forecast cube.

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Use
You use input-ready queries to create applications for manual planning. These can range from simple data entry scenarios to complex planning applications.
Integration
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I was not around for a few days, hence, delay in writing this to you.
I am going to give to some kind of a pseudo code here. You might need to take help from an ABAPer to close the open ends here (Please excuse me here incase you yourself have an expertise in ABAP, I am just assuming otherwise).
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 ZC_ACTV: For Actuals
 ZC_FORV: For forecasts
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 v_lday LIKE sy-datum .
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