Query - Filter several characteristics by one variable

Hi Experts,
I'm facing the following situation in my current project:
I have several characteristics named Formula ID for each cost component in the cube.
Formula ID - Base Price
Formula ID - Additives
Formula ID - Differential
Formula ID - Transportation
Etc
I need to create a single variable that is going to appear in the selection screen, where the user will be able to type a value. Then the query will search this value in all the characteristics below during query runtime.
I was thinking in formula variable. Is it applicable in this case? If so, do I need to use customer exit together?
Is there any other way to do it?
Thanks!!!
Helder

I am not sure if formula variable would help coz. therein again, u can give only one ref characteristic.
You can do this with customer exit provided the data type is same for all the char.
Create restriction for one of the chars as you would do normally (create a variable. processing type - manual input. eg. for base_price)
For the other char, create a variables of processing type customer exit (ready for input should not be checked); and write the below code for each of them.
READ TABLE i_t_var_range WITH KEY iobjnm = 'BASE_PRICE' INTO l_s_var_range_dt.
    IF I_STEP = 2.
      l_s_range-low          = l_s_var_range_dt-low.
      l_s_range-high          = l_s_var_range_dt-high.
      l_s_range-sign          = l_s_var_range_dt-sign.
      l_s_range-option          = l_s_var_range_dt-option.
      APPEND l_s_range TO e_t_range.
    ENDIF.
In the above code, ZV_ADDITIVES is the customer exit variable for 'additives'.
Write similar code for the other 2 char.
When the query executes, only the variable for base_price would be prompted. the other variables would take the value from the base_price variable.
Hope this helps!
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