Copying Substitution Variable

We have migrated the application and database from one server to the other. Everything got migrated except the substitution variables because they are stored at server level. Is there a way that I could export them and load into our server or do we have to create it manually?. I know there is a way to copy them but its possible only when two servers are added to the EAS Console which in my case isn't and I can't do that. If you guys help me this I really appreciate.
Thanks!!
Junaid

mjunaid wrote:
I know there is a way to copy them but its possible only when two servers are added to the EAS Console which in my case isn't and I can't do that. If you guys help me this I really appreciate.Hi,
Obviously the simplest way would be through EAS though you say you can't go down that route.
One method you could use maxl to display the variables (display variable all;) and spool them to a file, then format the file a little (could be done in excel to create the correct format for maxl) and use maxl again to set them up on your new environment.
I am sure there are other ways but my brain has switched off :)
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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Copying substitution varibale using Maxl script

Hi,
Ive been trying to copy application using Maxl script in essbase to take backups. Everything gets copied except substitution variables. Could some one help me in sorting out this issue.
Is there any specific Maxl Command to copy substitution variable alone from one application to another, if so could u please share it with me.
thanks

Hi,
Unfortunately, as John said, there is no command to copy the subvars. One of my colleagues ran into this same issue on one of my projects. He ended up spooling a script with display variable all command to show all your variables and write them to a text file. from there he wrote a batch file to parse the text file for each of the variables, and then updated the subvars in the backup application with these values.
The thing you want to look out for here is that you want to make sure you properly handle checking for whether the subvar already exists in the backup application. If it does, you just want to run an update of the value. If it doesn't exist, you want to add it first. This is because there is no create or replace variable, so to avoid any errors, you need to be careful with that. I think you may want to look into some of the other alternatives John provided if you are still looking into this issue.
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Is there any way to copy S.Variables from one App to another app via Maxl or Essbase.
Cheers
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you can copy substitution variables between different Essbase servers through Admin console.
At first you should be able to add both the essbase servers in the admin console.
Then you can copy the subst variables from one essbase server to other.
in subst variable window -> select copy -> select server, app, db -> select subst variable to be copied -> you can tick overwrite existing variables option if needed -> click OK.
the other way is to collect the subst variable information through maxl & then write maxl scripts to create the subst variables on the other server.
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Hi Experts,
I am using essbase 9.3.1 on AIX uniox server.
When I copy Essbase application, I am not getting the substitutionvariables copied from the application to new application.
Substituion variables are set at database level, not at app or system level.
I am using the following maxl commnad to copy application
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I would greatly appreciate any ones help.
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I confirm this acts the same on 11.1.1.2 Windows 64-bit Essbase. The MaXL create application command when using an existing app does not copy the substitution variables. Using EAS to make a copy does create the substitution variables.
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I have a SQL Plus script report, where user is prompted to enter "customer name".
Some customer names contain single quotes/apostrophes.
When user type such name, the script will error out with
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As it's a SQL*Plus substitution variable it is literally copied into the code just prior to compilation, so you can't stop it from breaking the compilation of the code. q quoted strings are the only solution I can think of but of course they are only available from 10g onwards.
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How to use substitution variables in Microsoft Word using Hyperion Smart view

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953104 wrote:
Thanks for the reply, the code was just quickly typed to show the sort of thing I am doing, it wasn't actual code form my project.
I've come from a C background so what I would have done would be create a #define and changed to when on live or development - or passed the variable to the build environment from the IDE or makefiles and the change would have reflected through my whole project.
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example
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Error:
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Unexpected Essbase error 1019026
*1019026 Unknown member memberName found while processing string string*
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* Can you validate the rules file?
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Pb to setup replicated partition with substitution variables

Dear all,
I have the following problem with the replicated partition by using the substitution variables :
I would like to create a replicated partition using 3 substitution variables: &CurrPeriod, &CurrWeek, &CurrYear. The goal of this is to be able to copy data from application SourceApp to TargetApp every week, by changing the subst variables.
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Hi,
I have the answer from Oracle support :
Hello,
This is a known bug.
BUG 7418041
This has been documented as a known issue in Essbase Release 9.3.1.3 with the following description: "Partitioning. Using substitution variables in replicated partition mappings incorrectly prevents data from replicating. [7418041]"
Currently the development team are working on a fix, but we don't have a release date yet.
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Copying Global variables

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Is there somewhere in the documentation that defines what fields on the Report Attributes tab map to which Substitution Variables in the Report Template?

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Copying from the documentation:
Report column templates provide you with control over the results of a row from a SQL query. This type of template defines a cell, not an entire row.
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We are migration our 22 cubes from 9.2 to 11.1.1.3. So have 200+ substritution variable, we need to migrate to 11.x. IS there any utility could migrate all the substitution variables.
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Hi,
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http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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I'm working with an APEX page template - 'One Level Tabs' in my application.
I have copied and extended this template to meet the requirements specified by the client by adding a background image on the page.Also I have added 5 regions on the page,each one with a backgroung image each.These images are all png format and are supposed to be transaparent revealing the background image of the page.However,when I ran the page I noticed that these region images appeared on a white background and did not show the image below.
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So this is the kind of thing?
changed the html code in the body of that page template and specified and image as a background to the main html tablePlease post the HTML code (wrap in tags to format properly in the forum).
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