Issue with session variable

Hi,
I'm trying to setup a session variable to filter an Answer query based on the user login name. I've created the following
- A database table that contains a user name and its related filter (Entity)
- An initialization block for the session variable to issue the following sql: select Entity from table where user_name = ':USER'
- Created a target session variable called CURR_ENTITY as the target and assign a default value as 'No entity'.
- Filter my Answer query to use the session variable CURR_ENTITY
After restart of BI server and Presentation services and opening the report, CURR_ENTITY is always set to the default value. I've checked NQQuery,.log and looks like the initialization block was not returning any rows.
Any ideas on how to get around this issue? Thanks.
Regards,
Gerd

Hi gerd,
select Entity from table where user_name = ':USER'Check if this query is returning values in the backend DB.If so it is returning then it should work fine in session variable.
After defining the target variable CURR_ENTITY and test it in the screen.That shows you is it picking all the values or a single defaulted value.
If its showing all values then re-check your block once again.
(OR)
In the target variable instead of variable define row-wise initialization (i mean check it) and change the SQL in the variable to this
select 'CURR_ENTITY',Entity from table where user_name = ':USER'
and test it so you can use it in answers .....it should work with what is required.
hope answered the question.
Cheers,
KK

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