Formulae variable

Hi,
if anyone has step by step process for creating formulae variable repalcement path plz send me on this email id , and plz give real time example
Anjali
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Hi,
The processing type Replacement Path enables you to specify the value that automatically replaces the variable when the query or Web application is executed.
For example, when you enter a variable as a characteristic value, you
do not need to determine the text for the characteristic value straight
away, but can let it be filled dynamically to match the characteristic
that is used when the query is executed for the variable.
Replacement path variable processing type used only for characteristics variable and formula variable and Text variable.
Text variables and formula variables with the replacement path
processing type are replaced by the corresponding characteristic
value. The variable wizard takes you through the Characteristic dialog
step automatically. This is where you select the reference for the
replacement value.
An application of Replacement path variable can be found here.
http://www.sd-solutions.com/documents/SDS_BW_Replacement%20Path%20Variables.html
Another application to get the Document Count: For example Number of Sales Orders.
Query formula-Counter???
Example for Replacement Path: Characteristic Variable.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2c/78a03c1178ad2ce10000000a114084/content.htm
Variable Replacement Example
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/af/809528939d5b4fbff7e16a5bdc0d85/content.htm
Example for Replacement Path: Formula Variable.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/ca/5f9ac61a205a459d0e7ef313d10321/content.htm
Hope this helps....

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ok, you would like to do sth in the customer exits with formular variable.
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It is a warning and you can ignore it , if in query execution you get correct result / output...(then it implies u r on safe side)
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Hi,
For the above scenario when you need to calculate date 1 - date 2. we can't build a new formulae or calculated KF directly because those are the chars.
So we need make chars to act as KF through Formulae with replacement path.
create a formulae variable on those 2 Date chars with Processing type as replaccement then those 2 Dates can be avilable to build a formulae as ur requirement.
Let me know if you need any more information.
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I tried creating a formula variable using replacement path for the Date-1 and Date-2 .Then i created Formulae and Subtracted Date-1 & Date-2! I found this procedure online: http://www.sd-solutions.com/documents/SDS_BW_Replacement%20Path%20Variables.html which i used in past and worked sucessfully in bw-3.5
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Does it work in 7.0?
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Hi,
for (1) - that doesn't sound right... i think your KF are calculated KF (CKF) possibly with a formulae variable .. or something, which is supposed to populate the name, based on a user response ?
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H

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Hello gurus,
In a formula i want to test if two dimensions are equal or not.
I use a replacement path variable for this and it works fine.
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HI,
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My concern:
Is it Date dimension (characteristic) that you are replacing in Formula variable?
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can i start with cross questioning..
hw did u collect all these objects seperately in different requests.
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Post Author: AeroProg
CA Forum: Formula
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Post Author: GraemeG
CA Forum: Formula
I don't know if you can attach files... if you can I'll attach the sample. In the mean time, here's the rub...
(By the way, I use basic syntax in my formulae... old habits and all that!)
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