Editing variables

Can we edit Business content variables? only the text description

Hi Mayank,
I could edit the text description on one of the standars variables. But for another standard variable, strangely it does not give me the option to go to change mode. - BI 7.0
Is it because the query is in production?
Do not I have authorization to change for that particular object?
Raj

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Edit variable selection screen

Hi,
I want to edit the variable selection screen in WAD 7.0 (change width of colums).
Can anyone give me the template-name?
Michel

As quoted from http://sapfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=221261
saw this thread on SDN: SAP Business Explorer (SAP BEx)
Question:
Hi,
Most of our BW reports use one Web Template. When the variable screen pops up, the header shows "Variables for Ad Hoc Report" instead of the name of the report that were are executing from the role folder.
Does anybody know how can I get the title of the report to show instead of "Variables for Ad Hoc Report"?
Thanks for your help!
Helena
Answer from SAP Employee Heike Guder:
Hi Helena,
sorry, but this is only possible with modification in class cl_rsr_www_variable_screen method FILL_OPEN_FORM(no customizing for this)
Heike
If you are really into it you might want to start diggin in that class and if do - please let us know the result of it.
Cheers,
Skibum

Editing variables for Headers

Hi,
I am trying to give a header a particular look. The header I am using looks like this:
Running H/F 1--Running H/F 2
The varaiables are separated by an em dash.
Running H/F 1 definition is <$paranum[ChapTitle]> <$paratag[ChapTitle]>
Running H/F 2 definition is <$paratag[Heading1]>
On the body page header it displays like this:
Chapter X: Chapter Title--Heading1
It all works well except when there is no Heading1 on the page before the header. It looks like this:
Chapter X: Chapter Title--
I would like to anchor the em dash to the second variable so it only displays if there is a Heading1.
The only way I could find to do this was by erasing the em dash and adding <$marker1> before <$paratag[Heading1]> and inserting a Header/Footer $1 marker with the special character for an em dash in the marker text box before all Heading1's. I would like to avoid this extra step and would like to automate the process, either by editing the variable or the autonumber property in the Heading1 paragraph definition.
Any suggestions?
pracktikal

Hi Arnis,
Thanks for your reply on the thread and your email.
I had tried including the em-dash code in the variable but it displays whether or not there is a Heading1. I guess that is because it is not part of the definition. I tested it by placing some text in the same place and the text also displays. If there were a way to make it a part of the variable's definition, it would work.
I also tried various combinations in the autonum format for Heading1 but there I couldn't find a way to hide it. Ideally it would be part of the Paragraph tag.
I just now tested your suggestion to manage its display through Character Tag and making it an invisible color. The em-dash did not display in the header. I tried making it normal instead of invisible and it still didn't display. I tried both ways with small and large font sizes but it didn't display. I added before the variable definition but it made no difference.
So far, the marker method is the only way I have found to do this but it is not elegant.
I appreciate your responses. I wonder if there is a way using user variables?
Peter Rack aka pracktikal

BEx Analyzer - Edit Variables via VBA

Hi all,
I need to set the BEx variable values via VBA to change a selection for an input ready query.
Is there a way to do that?
Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
Christian.

I heard that are some functions in BW 3.5 with getBex and setBex.
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Keyboard method to edit variables in FM9/10?

Greetings--
Every now and then I find myself having to change the content of many variables in a short period of time. I've never been able to find a way to do this without resorting to the mouse.
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We're currently using FM9, with FM10 on order in P.O. limbo. Some of our group is on XP; some is on Windows 7.
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http://leximation.com/tools/info/bookvars.php

Message on a Variable Screen

Hi Experts,
I need to display an Information Message on a (WAD)Variable Screen. Is it possible? If yes, How?
Thanks

Hi,
Have a look on this thread Edit variable selection screen
You can make use of the class CL_RSR_WWW_Variable_screen for your requirement,

Network shared variables lose binding

Hello,
I am developing an application in LabVIEW that uses network shared variables to transmit data between two PC's on the same subnet. The shared variables work fine when running the VI's in development mode, however, when i build the vi's into an executable I find that they no longer work. Here is what I have found so far:
I deploy the shared variable library on the publisher machine (also happens to be the development machine) through an invoke node in the executable. NI distributed system manager confirms that this does deploy and indeed updates as it should.
For the executable on the subscriber PC I created a second shared variable library (same project) with the same shared variables and bound them to the respective shared variables from the first library by selecting enable aliasing, then bind to PSP URL and browsing to the shared variable I wish to bind it to (e.g. \\hallnet-ellm2\shared variable library\serial Number). The machines listed under browse were listed by name so when I tried this initially and it did not work I manually changed the name of my machine in the URL box to the IP address of the publisher hoping that would fix it in case the subscriber could not resolve the publishers machine alias. So now my bind URL read \\192.168.0.1\shared variable library\serial Number.
As part of the executable on the subscriber I deploy this second shared variable library. NI distributed system manager confirms that this deploys but under quality for an individual variable it has a list of issues (see attached) and the bound variable is not updating. At this point the publisher shared variables are still functioning fine. By clicking on 'edit variable' I can see that the variable on the subscriber is still bound but the PSP URL is now \\localhost\shared variable library\serial number. Changing the PSP URL on the subscriber to \\192.168.0.1\shared variable library\serial number enables the variable to update as expected.However by this time my executable has already picked up the error and does not function.
I think that the issue lies with the bind URL used on the subscriber as for some reason it does not keep the binding configured in the project and instead changes to 'localhost'. Why is this? Should it not stay bound to the address specified in the project?
I have tried changing the IP addresses in the aliases file so that
[My Computer]
My Computer=localhost
becomes
[My Computer]
My Computer=ip of local machine
This did not help.
The shared variable libraries are included in the build spec to go into the support files directory and they are successfully deployed from there on both publisher and subscriber.
I am using LabVIEW 8.6 on Windows XP
Thanks for any help you may be able to offer,
Lee
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distributed system manager.JPG ‏74 KB

Hi Lee,
I hope you are well. Thank you for your post. Your application sounds very interesting.
Looking at your issue I was wondering, have you tried lowering your firewalls, as this may be causing the problem.
Also, another option would be to setup a private network. Do you have access to any routers that you could use to link the two machines independent of your IT's infrastructure?
The other thing to try is two other computers entirely. Again, it would be ideal to take them off the network you are on, but it's something to try if my prior suggestion doesn't work. It should work on the original two machines though, and it's likely that different computers won't solve your problems because I suspect the network.
Remember that the client variables must know the location of the variables on the server, so you can't move the server exe around without changing this value.
Make sure to set the network location in the "Bind to Source" option for the client variables.
It is also possible to write a separate piece of code to install on every machine that is responsible for deploying the library and by doing so eliminate the need for programmatically deploying the variables in the original application. However, this won't really help you, because the variables you use in the application have to be the same as the ones deployed in the library, so if you change the library, they'll no longer be linked and they won't receive data. You'd have to create a separate exe for every binding source you wanted to link to, and then have a second, known library for the sake of communication locally on the computer between the ‘deployer’ and the actual application. The main application could then be assigned the responsibility of launching the correct ‘deployer’' if it sees it needs to switch to a different variable binding source. This method is not the most streamlined or effective, but it might work.
Just to let you know, you will need to use the DSC toolkit.
Please find below some knowledge base links that I think you will find helpful in your application.
Using Shared Variables in Executables
How do I Programmatically Change the Data Binding Source for Shared Variables?
I hope this information helps and if you can give these suggestions a go and let me know how you get on, that would be great.
Kind regards,
Prashant M
Applications Engineer
NI UK & Ireland

Maximum number of characters for a BPEL string variable

Hi,
What is the maximum numbers of characters that a string variable in BPEL process can hold??.
Is there any document which describes the datatypes in BPEL.
Regards
V Kumar

Trick question - with or without the use of the FM GUI?
1. Via the FM interface to define a variable, FM will only save the first 1022 characters of your variable definition - if you dare try to enter that many via the GUI dialogue slot.
2. Importing a variable via MIF, adds virtually any length - I've tested out 2510 characters. HOWEVER, FM will only display the first 1023 characters of this string.
If you save the file to MIF, you can still see the original length of the variable. The other caveat is that if you touch any of these long variables via the FM GUI (Edit Variables), then FM will truncate it down to 1022 characters - regardless of how you save (binary or MIF).
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Until FM 7.2: up to 255 characters including meta-notations (such as <Default ¶ Font> or \t - this counts as 16 resp. 2 characters). See also note Variables below
From FM 8.0: up to 2023 Windows Codepage characters or up to 2022 UTF-8 characters
I'd say that this is not quite correct. You could enter more than 255 prior to FM 7.2 as well, but again the display issue via the GUI kicked in and truncated down to 255. The newer versions only display 1022/1023 but you can enter more than 2510 characters (which in this case is futile anyway).

Chinese Characters in User Variables

I'm using FrameMaker 7.2.
On an XP machine localized for CH, I'm trying to convert
and translate a manual into Simplified Chinese. I'm doing
fine with entering or pasting characters directly into the
document, but am having no success with variables.
In the edit variable window I can get a character in and
displaying correctly, but as soon as I space over to do the
next character, the previous one changes to a question mark.
I hope there is just a simple setting or step I'm missing.
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Nate Stelton

Arnis,
Thanks. I tried your suggestion, but could not get FM to see it as a 4-digit
hex--it always broke it into separate bytes.
In the meantime, I got a working answer from the Framers mailing list. Here
is my followup, which includes the answer:
Phil Heron said:
> You don't specify which version of FrameMaker you're using,
> but, at least for versions 7.2 and earlier, you need to set
> the operating system's language for non-Unicode programs to
> an appropriate value to successfully use Far Eastern
> languages in dialog boxes.
>
> 1. In Windows Control Panel, open the "Regional and Language
> Options" applet.
> 2. In the "Regional and Language Options" dialog, display the
> "Advanced" tab.
> 3. Select the language you want to work with, for example
> Chinese (PRC).
> 4. Restart the computer.
Woo hoo! This worked. I do use FM 7.2. This particular machine's
Regional and Language Options did not have the third Advanced tab,
so in the Regional Options tab, I just changed the first box to
Chinese (PRC) and rebooted.
I noticed that in my Variable edit space, the Chinese characters
do not display properly, but in the document you need to ensure
that the variable is in the correct font (in my case, SimSun),
and it will then work.
Many thanks, Phil!

Substituion variable not available as data source in "Open SQL"

Setup as follows:
right-click on server name->Edit->Variables:
all apps, all dbs, SQL_SOURCE, 3G.DEV
In app_A, if I open a rules file, then File-Open SQL, I can select SQL_SOURCE as a substitution variable.
In app_B, if I open a rules file, then File-Open SQL, substitution variables is greyed out and can't be selected.
Does anyone have any clues or hints on whats wrong? I have set both rules files the same as far as I can see.

That was my first thought, rebooted machine to no avail.
If in the server variables section, I explicitly define a variable for that app/database it's OK. So:
all apps,all dbs,SQL_SOURCE,3G.DEV
Only works for db_1 in the app. If I go:
app_1,db_1,SQL_SOURCE,3G.DEV
app_1,db_2,SQL_SOURCE,3G.DEV
That works.
My only solution therefore it would seem is to define the variable per db per app where needed?

Why doesn't Premiere handle variable frame rate video?

Variable frame rate video comes from many places these days: phones, live streamed video recordings.
Adobe Premiere is a supposedly production level piece of software that cost a good chunk of change.
How is it 2012 and Adobe does not still have an answer to this problem? After trying to editing/convert/mux/edit variable frame rate videos for the past 5 hours I am just exhausted. No amount of conversion apps, etc have saved us and THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TOO.
We have spent thousands on Adobe software packages over the last decade, probably 10s of thousands, and the only answer I find consistently is to switch to Vegas.
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The file I am trying to edit was recorded in a streaming application called XSplit, very popular in the game / live streaming community.
The frame rate is variable, slightly I am guessing, because the real time nature of the recording/stream. The issue is that while WMP and VLC play the file back 100% correctly, when played back inside Premiere CS6 the file drifts out of sync so at the end of a 2 hour clip, we are talking more than a full second or so.
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General
Complete name                            : Y:\Live\2012-12-4 Farcry 3\2012-12-04_200413079.mp4
Format                                   : MPEG-4
Format profile                           : Base Media
Codec ID                                 : isom
File size                                : 4.33 GiB
Duration                                 : 2h 11mn
Overall bit rate                         : 4 713 Kbps
Writing application                      : Lavf54.0.100
Video
ID                                       : 1
Format                                   : AVC
Format/Info                              : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                           : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC                   : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames                : 4 frames
Codec ID                                 : avc1
Codec ID/Info                            : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                                 : 2h 11mn
Bit rate                                 : 4 574 Kbps
Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
Height                                   : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio                     : 16:9
Frame rate mode                          : Variable
Frame rate                               : 29.970 fps
Minimum frame rate                       : 5.000 fps
Maximum frame rate                       : 30.303 fps
Color space                              : YUV
Chroma subsampling                       : 4:2:0
Bit depth                                : 8 bits
Scan type                                : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)                       : 0.166
Stream size                              : 4.20 GiB (97%)
Writing library                          : x264 core 125 r2200 999b753
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Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : AAC
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Duration                                 : 2h 11mn
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Bit rate                                 : 128 Kbps
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What is the maximum number of characters in a FrameMaker 11 variable? in a FrameMaker 11 marker?

Thx to anyone who can answer today's FM trivia question!!
-Matt

Trick question - with or without the use of the FM GUI?
1. Via the FM interface to define a variable, FM will only save the first 1022 characters of your variable definition - if you dare try to enter that many via the GUI dialogue slot.
2. Importing a variable via MIF, adds virtually any length - I've tested out 2510 characters. HOWEVER, FM will only display the first 1023 characters of this string.
If you save the file to MIF, you can still see the original length of the variable. The other caveat is that if you touch any of these long variables via the FM GUI (Edit Variables), then FM will truncate it down to 1022 characters - regardless of how you save (binary or MIF).
FWIW - Klaus Daube lists (see: http://daube.ch/docu/fmaker25.html ):
Until FM 7.2: up to 255 characters including meta-notations (such as <Default ¶ Font> or \t - this counts as 16 resp. 2 characters). See also note Variables below
From FM 8.0: up to 2023 Windows Codepage characters or up to 2022 UTF-8 characters
I'd say that this is not quite correct. You could enter more than 255 prior to FM 7.2 as well, but again the display issue via the GUI kicked in and truncated down to 255. The newer versions only display 1022/1023 but you can enter more than 2510 characters (which in this case is futile anyway).

Insert Symbols in Variables

Hello,
I am working in Structured FM9 and I'd like to create a variable that has the registered trademark sign in it. I can't seem to figure it out.
In the Add/Edit Variable Window, in the definition, I've tried to copy and paste one, but it won't allow me to paste. I've tried using the symbol icon in the toolbar, but it apparently doesn't work in the Variable Window. I looked up the Hex UTF-8 code, which seems to be c2ae, but I've never worked with this before. Following another post here, I tried putting in the definition as Name\c2ae Name, but that appears in the text as Name c2ae Name.
I think this must be possible - can anyone help me?

Moxamoll wrote:
Hello,
I am working in Structured FM9 and I'd like to create a variable that has the registered trademark sign in it. I can't seem to figure it out.
In the Add/Edit Variable Window, in the definition, I've tried to copy and paste one, but it won't allow me to paste. I've tried using the symbol icon in the toolbar, but it apparently doesn't work in the Variable Window. I looked up the Hex UTF-8 code, which seems to be c2ae, but I've never worked with this before. Following another post here, I tried putting in the definition as Name\c2ae Name, but that appears in the text as Name c2ae Name.
I think this must be possible - can anyone help me?
I think you'll find the correct codes in the PDF FrameMaker Character Sets manual. If it's not in your FrameMaker installation, search Google for "FrameMaker character sets" without quotes. \xd4 might be what you need.
Also, look into the use of entities - see the Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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How to Update Substitution Variable

Hi All,
we are using Essbase 9.3.1.2. i am trying to create substitution variable using essbase console and i am getting an error as 1051082: substitution variable currmonth already exists however i have deleted all my substitution variables before creating them. When i checked in the backend using maxl i am able to see that the new substitution variable is created (*Currmonth*) however in console when i right click on the server --> edit -> variables i am not able see that variable that i have created.
Can anyone of you help me out...
regards,
Naveen.
Edited by: user12209997 on Sep 13, 2010 11:29 AM

Are you sure you're not creating the substitution variable at say, the database level, but are then looking at the application or server level? Or the reverse?
What do you get in MaxL when you type:
display variable all ;
If you set a variable, can you use it in an Essbase retrieve through the Excel add-in? If yes, I'd say the variable really exists and it's EAS that is wrong. There's always the restart of the EAS service to try.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

Variable Manager in Labview 10

I have a question about the thing that was called the "variable manager" in Labview 8.2.1
I just installed Labview 10 Developement system and also the DSC-module (on an other pc).
But I can not find the variable manager.
Is this one replaced by the NI Distributed System Manager?
I hope someone can tell me more about this.
Thnx

Dear Cheese11,
one short addition; the multiple variable editor (which comes with the DSC module) can be found when rightclicking a library in your project explorer; chose edit variables.
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NI Netherlands

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