Passing dynamic parameters to BEx WA queries

We would like to be able to filter data and customize BW reports by passing variables to BW queries which could be filled dynamically by user profile attributes. So, a few of questions related to BW iView:
1. How can User attribute be referenced or specified as UME variables in the query string ? Or, in other types of iViews ?
2. What is the difference in passing these as Application Parameters or Parameters Forwarded to BEx Web Application in BW iView?
3. Would it be more efficient to pass the user id or just a session data to BEx? Allowing BW to figure out the other user related parameters [for example job role, geography, etc. ] from BW user directory and apply them to the parameterized query internally on the BW server.
Thanks in advance,
Jerzy

hi,
Below format you can pass the value for bw report .
For Query report: cmd=ldoc&query=Query_name
For Template report:cmd=ldoc&template_id=Template_name
If you want pass more value, you can append with '&' symbol in the query string.

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Doug,
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