Substitution variable in Essbase Studio

Hello,
Does anyone know if it's possible to use Substitution variables inside a custom SQL in Essbase Studio ? When I try to use, I got an error message ( ORA-01008: not all variables bound ).
I'd like to make the SQL generated by Studio dynamic in order to set different load periods. The way I found is to join the SQL with a control table which has an initial/end date. Before running the cube deploy script I update the table with the date range I want. But I'm not sure that's the best way to do it.
Anyn suggestion ?
Thanks,
Victor

This post speaks to the error message but not in the context of Essbase Studio => ORA-01008: not all variables bound
Although there are a myriad of approaches to accomplish this I can certainly appreciate your desire to have it function properly upon Studio code generation & execution itself.
I will reach-out to some of my Oracle colleagues and inquire.
Thank you,
Todd Rebner

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