Pb using substitution variables in Essbase 7.1

Hello I want to use the value of Current-year and current-month variable set in the application for the formula of my estimated scenario. When I validate the formula it's fine but after saving i got this error message in the log file :any help ? i was thinking the & and name of the variable will give me the value....thank in advance Local/ADLPlan/Sales/Administrator/Error(1200324)Error compiling formula for [Estimated] (line 1): operator expected after [&]Compilation failedError encountered when loading member [Estimated]'s calc string [IF (@ISMBR("FY04":(&Current_Year)))    IF (@ISMBR ((&Current_Month):"September") AND @ISMBR((&Current_Year)))     "MLO";          IF (@ISMBR((&Current_Month)))          "Actual";          ENDIF;     ELSE "Actual";     ENDIF;ELSE "MLO";ENDIF;], ignored

Try removing the parenthesis surrounding your subvar.For instanceIF (@ISMBR("FY04":(&Current_Year)))Should beIF (@ISMBR("FY04":&Current_Year))Repeat for the others as well.Hope that helps.

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