Dashboard Prompt to filter multiple Subject Areas (in a Combined Analysis)

I have a Combined Analysis where I am combining multiple Subject Areas. I want to add this report to a dashboard to use a dashboard prompt to filter by the Year.
The problem I have is because the 'Year' value in each subject area has a different Column Formula ("Close Date"."Calendar Year" and "- Custom Number/Integer (Custom Object 2)".INDEXED_NUM_0)) I'm unable to have a single 'Year' prompt filter both Column Formulas.
I have it currently working by creating two dashboard prompts - one for each subject area - that each ask for the Year to filter by.
Is there a way to have a single prompt for Year and somehow have that filter both subject area's 'Year' value?

I have tried a bit with no luck.
In the Dashboard Prompt on that 'Year' filter I set the Presentation Variable to 'FILTER_YEAR'.
I then set the filter in the report to be Equal to a Presentation Variable with the Variable Expr set to 'FILTER_YEAR'.
When I run the report and enter the filter year it doesn't bring back any data for that report.
Anybody have experience using the Presentation Variables?
Thanks

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