Essbase API Custom Function 11.1.2.1

Question

I recently decided to start playing around with the Essbase Java API to see if I could write a custom function that overwrites a subvar. I found the createSubstitutionVariable command is already in the API. I wrote a MaxL script that registers a new function by calling the API command.
/* Create a log file for the script log and error information */
spool on to $4;
/* Login to the server */
login $1 $2 on $3;
CREATE or Replace FUNCTION '@SETGLOBALSUBVAR'
AS 'com.essbase.api.datasource.IEssBaseObject.createSubstitutionVariable(String,String)'
SPEC '@SETGLOBALSUBVAR(String SubVar, String SubVarValue)'
COMMENT 'Sets the specificed subvar to the specified value';
This creates the function (viewable in EAS). However, when I run a calc script that calls the function, I get an error that it belongs in a calc block. When I place it in a calc block, I get an error message that an operator is expected after my custom function.
ex:
Fix ("Actual", "Final")
AC_12345=@SETGLOBALSUBVAR('test', 'hi');
EndFix
I also found Robb Salzmann's CDF http://codingwithhyperion.blogspot.com/2011/08/create-and-update-substitution.html and tried using that, but received the same error message. I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction to creating and using custom functions to update the subvar.
Thanks,
Daniel

Answer 1

Sorry about that.
I have the MaxL log below that shows the function being created successfully. There is nothing in the essbase log file itself regarding the creation of the function.
OK/INFO - 1051034 - Logging in user [admin@Native Directory].
OK/INFO - 1241001 - Logged in to Essbase.
MAXL> CREATE or Replace FUNCTION '@SETSUBVAR'
2> AS 'com.hyperion.essbase.cdf.setSubVar(String,String,String,String)'
3> SPEC '@SETSUBVAR(String app, String db, String subvar, String subVarValue)'
4> COMMENT 'Sets the specificed subvar to the specified value';
OK/INFO - 1056102 - Function @SETSUBVAR replaced.
MAXL> logout;
User admin is logged out
The calc that I am running is:
Fix ("ACTUAL","FORECAST")
PJ_99999= @SETSUBVAR ('','', 'TestLocalVariable', 'TEST');
ENDFIX
The error message that displays in the log file is :Error: 1200324 Error compiling formula for [PJ_99999] (line 3): operator expected after [@SETSUBVAR]
The code that I am trying to register is from your site http://codingwithhyperion.blogspot.com/2011/08/create-and-update-substitution.html Instead of activating SetMonthSubvar or SetYearSubvar, I am only trying to register the SetSubVar command in your jar file
Thanks for your help! I appreciate all your responses.
Daniel