Substitution variable stored in a column?

I want to store some links in a database column and then output these. The links need to have substitution variables though (eg: f?p=&APP_ID.:&SESSION.). These must be stored in the column due to the way the data is automatically generated from a different process. Is it possible to use substitution variables in a table column? I tried, outputting the data with htp.p in a pl/sql region however the data output was the text "&SESSION." rather than the actual value for the session.

Forgot to mention - this is CLOB column containing quite a lot of text (with newline characters etc). I tried using replace(column,'&SESSION.',v('SESSION')) however this doesn't appear to work. It works if I replace column with some test text ('f?p=123:456:&SESSION.::: for instance) so I think it's something to do with the CLOB data type.
[edit]
hmm... If I try to replace the string "&SESSION." it doesn't work, but works fine replacing "SESSION"...?
Edited by: /dev/null on Nov 17, 2008 2:54 PM

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Substitution variables in stored procedures

Help, anybody! I want to create a procedure that updates a column of a table, however I want that column and the new data specified at run time. I've tried writing a procedure that has substitution variables for the column and new_data values:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE update_client(v_account_id IN VARCHAR2)
IS
v_column varchar2(50);
v_new_data varchar2(50);
last_name varchar2(20);
BEGIN
v_column:=&v_column;
if v_column=last_name then
UPDATE Client set last_name='&v_new_data' where account_id=v_account_id;
end if;
end;
but that's not working, and I also tried to pass v_column and v_new_data as parameters but that won't work either.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE update_client (v_account_id IN VARCHAR2, v_column IN VARCHAR2, v_new_data IN VARCHAR2) AS
BEGIN
UPDATE client set v_column=v_new_data where v_account_id=account_id;
END;
I get the error: unable to resolve "V_COLUMN" as a column
Is there anyway at all to do this via a stored procedure? I'm all out of ideas.
Thanks

In Oracle8i you can use dinamic nebeded SQL. In previous versions you need DBMS_SQL.
Regards
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lori Fortner ([email protected]):
Help, anybody! I want to create a procedure that updates a column of a table, however I want that column and the new data specified at run time. I've tried writing a procedure that has substitution variables for the column and new_data values:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE update_client(v_account_id IN VARCHAR2)
IS
v_column varchar2(50);
v_new_data varchar2(50);
last_name varchar2(20);
BEGIN
v_column:=&v_column;
if v_column=last_name then
UPDATE Client set last_name='&v_new_data' where account_id=v_account_id;
end if;
end;
but that's not working, and I also tried to pass v_column and v_new_data as parameters but that won't work either.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE update_client (v_account_id IN VARCHAR2, v_column IN VARCHAR2, v_new_data IN VARCHAR2) AS
BEGIN
UPDATE client set v_column=v_new_data where v_account_id=account_id;
END;
I get the error: unable to resolve "V_COLUMN" as a column
Is there anyway at all to do this via a stored procedure? I'm all out of ideas.
Thanks<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
null

Where does substitution variable meta data stored?

where does substitution variable meta data stored in the essbase folder?<BR>Thanks<BR>Arun

I believe substitution variables are stored in the Essbase.sec (Security file).

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If you're a member of ODTUG (or even if not, you can sign up for an associate membership for free) you can download Glenn's presentation from 2009 Kaliedoscope "Little Used Features of Essbase (Like Data Mining and Triggers)" -- there is a section in that presentation on substitution variables -- he does a really good job in showing how this works.
Go to: www.odtug.com, then Tech Resources, then Essbase/Hyperion, and search for Schwartzberg. Currently it's the ninth presentation on the list -- I think this changes based on popularity of downloads.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

Error When Prompting for Substitution Variable

Hi - I'm receiving an error when I try to run the following using the substitution variable - but only when I enter a string; when I enter a numeric value it runs fine.
DECLARE
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begin
dbms_output.put_line(l_SCR_Info);
end;Here is the error I receive when I supply a string value when prompted:
ORA-06550: line 3, column 52:
PLS-00201: identifier 'AB' must be declared
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PL/SQL: Item ignored
ORA-06550: line 10, column 22:
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
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PL/SQL: Statement ignoredCan anyone shed some light on what I'm missing here?
Thanks!
Christine

Hi,
It looks like you just want one string there:
l_SCR_Info            VARCHAR2(50) := '''SCR&SCR_NUM-''';Remeber how substitution variables work: SQL*Plus replaces them with values before sending the code to the back end to be compiled.
If you give a value like AB for the variable, the code you posted is equivalent to:
     l_SCR_Info            VARCHAR2(50) := '''SCR'|| AB ||'-'||'''';by the time it reaches the compiler. AB is not inside quotes, so the compiler looks for a variable or function called AB.
If you gave a number:
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Conditional suppression using substitution variable in Hyperion financial r

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.
Your response is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sirisha.

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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BBB 90 7
CCC 80 5
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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.
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Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Assign substitution variable to another substitution variable with truncation of value

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Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-00905: missing keyword
00905. 00000 - "missing keyword"
*Cause:
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"I need to get to "Variable value is: 2013/09/01"

Hi,
SELECT ... INTO only works in PL/SQL.
In SQL*Plus, you can use COLUMN ... NEW_VALUE, like this:
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                )    AS low_date_10_col
FROM dual;
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Peculiar problem with Essbase (Calc Script) - substitution variable / UDAs

This is odd but I have a script like :
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Statements;
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Error: 1200354 Error parsing formula for [FIX STATEMENT] (line 66): expected type [STRING] found [EXTVAR] ([iloop]) in function [@CONCATENATE]
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How can the first statement work and not the second one ? They are exactly the same.

Glenn, thanks - I hadn't thought of that :).
But it still does not entirely solve my problem (please see my previous post depicting a requirement similar to ours )
- We have lots of countries (50-60+ might be much more) and each country can have multiple entities (3-4 on an average - can go unto 7-8)
- so good guess would be around 200 entities
- So say I have to do it for 2 countries only (two entity types). Then I need 4 variables - 2 for each country ('country 1 ET1 total', 'Country 1 ET2 Total')
When the list is 20 counties - variables become 40 :(.
- Still leaving aside the 40 variables for a bit -
There are subsequent steps of calculations which needs to be done based on these totals (which are exactly the same for all countries) - just that we need the correct totals to begin with and the rest is already stored in the DB
So since I have a different variable for each country - I cannot write one single calculation block to use the variables sequentially one by one (can I ?)
I might have to write a separate calculation block for each of these countries. (20 separate blocks)
That's what I was trying to avoid and simplify with the substitution variable (but is not working)
- Create substitution variables - which would store the alias of the required countries (2/10/20 as many required)
- Loop through these substitution variables - using them one by one
- So I just need one single block of calculation with all the variable in the calc script being reused after each country calculation is done
- and the user need not go into the script, as the only thing that will change are the countries. And he can change it easily through the substitution variable.
Edited by: Ankur on Jun 27, 2012 12:53 PM

Issue with rule file and Substitution variable

Hi All,
I am using Essbase 9.3.3
I created a rule file with 5 dimensions in which 3 dimensions I defined in columns and two dimensions I gave it as header in data column with comma seperated.
Among those two dimension members, one is an account member with "/" in it within quotes and other is a substitution variable.
The member assigned for that Substitution variable has a space in between and is updated within quotes in variables list.
When I try loading data, I am getting an error saying that two members are not valid.
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Can some one please suggest on the issue.
I am not facing any problem in calc scripts or reports scripts using the substition variable.
Thanks in advance

Mark,
Modifying the default files is dangerous and ill advised. You could always just add a style sheet (inline or linked) to your application that overrides that one setting while you wait on the permanent fix.
Regards,
Dan
http://danielmcghan.us
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tapigen

Using a Substitution Variable in a text box when the member isn't used in a grid

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Substitution variable using in rules file

Hi,
I have a requirement to load the data only for the current month. But, my source file is having data for all the months till current month.
ex: I have to load data for MAY. But, source file is having data from JAN to MAY
Its a monthly process and it should load the data only for the current month using substitution variable.
Means next month I will be having JAN to JUN data. But, I should load only JUN data.
Could any one help in building rules file for this requirement.
Thanks
Sri

Is the data coming from SQL or a flat file? And is JAN through MAY represented in multiple columns or multiple rows?
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How can I pass a parameter [bind variable or substitution variable] to a view in Oracle?
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Blais wrote:
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In other database (SQL Server, Access), we can pass parameters through query. I can't find how to do that in Oracle. Can some one tell me what is the approach suggest by Oracle on that subject? This functionality is not supported.
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AS
SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME FROM EMPLOYEES;
What I want to do:
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AS
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953104 wrote:
Thanks for the reply, the code was just quickly typed to show the sort of thing I am doing, it wasn't actual code form my project.
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Hello,
I want to paste the current month in a text box using a substitution variable in my report. How can I use the Curmth sub-var in a text box? Which function would I use to paste the substitution variable. Thank you.
-- Adi
Edit:
The Sub-Var is not used anywhere in the report but it is in the database that the report accesses.
Edited by: Aditya26 on Apr 12, 2012 8:42 AM

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