Dynamic File Name in Data Source?

In Data Model, there is a option "File" as Type. My question is can file name be dynamic, say I set a parameter "ReportID", can this parameter be part of file name. something like
{$ReportID}.xml
or
{:ReportID}.xml
If yes, what is the syntax.
Thanks.

I don't think you can do that. When you speficy 'File' as the type for the Data source, it expects an existing XML data file stored in the directory that has been set up by the Administrator.
There is no way to define a parameter for the file name and then use this instead..
Thanks!
Edited by: BIPuser on Mar 1, 2010 1:10 PM

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