Key Date a Customer Exit and Variant use

Question

Hello,
  I have a query and it includes time dependent data. The key date uses a  variable that is filled with the current date in a customer exit. Works nicely when the query is executed. However, if I save a variant with various values for variables on the starting/selection screen, the date is saved as a constant date and not dynamic based on the current date so that when the variant is selected to be used on a different day, the key date is the date the variant was saved and not the current date. This can be handled in R/3 ABAP report variants but I've not found a way to do it in BEx. Any help?
Thanks,
Diane

Answer 1

Hi,
If you are running on BI 7.0 you can maintain variants with the below code. make data sy-datum instead of user input.
You can also chect the document. It also contains a method for bw 3.5 variants.
You can schedule this program in a process chain or make variations of this as needed.
[How To… Troubleshoot Information Broadcasting (BEx Workbooks)|http://www.sapadvisors.com/resources/HowtoInformationBroadcasting.pdf]
*& Report Z_MASS_VARIANT_MAINTENANCE *
*& Program to mass update BEx Variants within SAP NetWeaver 2004s *
REPORT Z_MASS_VARIANT_MAINTENANCE.
parameter variable like RSRVARIANT-VARI.
parameter vname like RSRVARIANT-VNAM.
parameter sign_01 like RSRVARIANT-SIGN.
parameter opt_01 like RSRVARIANT-OPT.
parameter low_01 like RSRVARIANT-LOW.
parameter high_01 like RSRVARIANT-HIGH.
tables: RSRVARIANT.
select * from RSRVARIANT.
if rsrvariant-VARI = variable AND rsrvariant-vnam = vname.
rsrvariant-SIGN = sign_01.
rsrvariant-OPT = opt_01.
rsrvariant-LOW = low_01.
rsrvariant-HIGH = high_01.
elseif rsrvariant-vnam = vname.
rsrvariant-SIGN = sign_01.
rsrvariant-OPT = opt_01.
rsrvariant-LOW = low_01.
rsrvariant-HIGH = high_01.
endif.
update rsrvariant.
if sy-subrc <> 0. insert rsrvariant. endif.
endselect.
regards,