Filtering with presentation variable in my report

Hi experts,
I'm using Essbase with Obiee 11g.
I have entity dimension like this:
Gen1, Entity
Gen2, Entity
Gen3, Entity...
Each Gen is a hierarchy.
I have a prompt in my dashboard that is a number: 1, 2, 3... with presentation variable = num
When prompt was number 3 I need to filter with Gen2, Entity.. if is number 2 with gen1, entity.. Always -1
In my report I can general filter like this: Gen@{num}, Entity and I see report OK, My requeriment is @{num}*-1* like: Gen@{num}, Entity but I have an error...
Can I do this??
Thanks!!!

You need to get the number using substring, substract it and then concat to the string "Entity"."Gen
There is another way for the same, Based on the value from prompt can validate the column to show in the report.
Try this scenario:
I've a prompt Time.Week
in the report I've picked two columns,
Column1: Time.Week--> set to isprompt
Column2: with exp
CASE WHEN Time.Week = '2012 Week01' THEN Time."Month Name" ELSE Time."Month" END
I've used existing columns to mimic your scenario
Edited by: svee on Jul 2, 2012 9:52 AM

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