Mapping Report Attributes to Substitution Variables

Is there somewhere in the documentation that defines what fields on the Report Attributes tab map to which Substitution Variables in the Report Template?

Hi,
Copying from the documentation:
Report column templates provide you with control over the results of a row from a SQL query. This type of template defines a cell, not an entire row.
Each report template identifies column names using the syntax #1#, #2#, #3#, and so on. You can also name columns using column name substitution syntax such as #ENAME# or #EMPNO#. You can reference any item from your application within your template. For example, to reference an item called ABC. in your template, you could include the exact substitution string &ABC.. The actual value of ABC. would be provided by an end user editing an item in your application named ABC.
You can read more here: 13.2 Customizing Templates.
Thank you,
Erick

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HI all,
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Hi Vince,
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CASE
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Hi,
Please refer following thread,
range of months in report script?
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Regards

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Not really.
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Creating a range with Substitution Variables for Report Script

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I created a "Report Query" under "Shared Components". I now want to work on the corresponding "report layout". I created a "Generic Columns (XSL-FO)". I read the following in the documentation:
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Thanks for the tip however I'm not trying to do this through the print tab, I'm calling the report using the following get_print_document in pl/sql code:
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p_print_server => null);
Where could I set these substitution variables ? I'm simply calling a report query and layout created under Shared Components.
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Substitution Variable in Essbase Report Script

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In my report script I want to use Essbase Substitution Variable, just as an replacement to Text field... I am using following syntax:
{STARTHEADING
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Hi,
Your thinking is sound and creative, however due to the way they work you can't define a subvar as a concatenation of other subvars because it will be interpreted literally. e.g.
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So,
if you want to concatenate several long subvars, just define them and mash them together:
&sv1 &sv2 = hello world
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Refresh FR report when Substitution Variable change

Hi All,
Is there any way to refresh FR report which are opened through smart view/ workspace when the Substitution Variable changed. Like if my report opened for the Year = Curryear and now curryear value is FY14 if I changed curryear as FY15 will it reflect on my FR report that already opened.
Regards,
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For sure it won't be updated automatically if the report is open. Did you try changing it and then see what happens?
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Financial Reports Substitution variable

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If the variables refer to a member in the Essbase outline, then it the substitution variables should appear as selections from the member selections in FR studio in the dimensions they represent.
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Hello,
i have a problem with FR and substitution variable. I create the substitution variable in Essbase for example antYear but i dont'see in dimension layout in FR studio and workspace.
Thanks.

You'll need to restart FR studio, after you have created the substitution variables. As the studio only performs one read of the sub var database on startup.
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Thanks for the response, Shay. Really appreciate it.
I tried your first solution - modified the property IsUpdateable to Updateable. However the input text box is still not appearing.
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Hi all,
Is there a way that I can suppress a column using substitution variable in hyperion financial reporting?
For eg, i want to suppress the column if the value of the substitution variable curr_mnth = jun.
Is there a way to do this? In conditional suprression dialog box, I dont find this option.
Please suggest.
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Hi Sirisha
In my earlier reply I think I may have mislead you as I thought that you could set the member name equal to that in a row/column and I've managed to get into a HFR studio session this morning and realised that the conditional suppression only allows you to suppress where member name = 'XXX' (specific text) so that doesn;t meet your requirement.
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I'm sure that a similar thing could be achieved in HFM as well if that is your underlying system instead of Essbase.
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Problems using substitution variable in Web Analysis

Dear all,
I have a Web Analysis report that I need to show a raking table with the current month.
For that I create a variable in Essbase that is updated with that date (E.g.: varCurrentMonth).
After that I use it as my substitution variable to filter my date dimension in a report data source (E.g.: Scr5, row: product, column: date dimension & measure):
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Thiago Gabriel

You usually get this error message if you are trying to assign a value from a sub var to a member that does not exist.
e.g. trying to put FY08 which is a year member against a period dimension
or trying to use a sub var of FY09 which does not yet exist in the essbase, so say you added a new year in planning FY09 and used the sub var in the form but have not refreshed the database then it would fail because the year would not have been pushed down to essbase yet.
or the value of the subvar does not match a member name exactly
or using a sub var name that does not exist in essbase, e.g. using &nextYear but the sub var has not been created in essbase.
You can definitely use subsitution variables in columns in the version you are using and prior version.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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Marc:
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Vikas,
You might get answers quicker, if you dont address a specific person but ask all forum participants. This question seems like something that others might haven an idea about as well.
One thing you could try would be using the #COLUMN_HEADER_NAME# substitution string in your report column template, e.g.:
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Regards,
Marc

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