Substitution variables deletion

Hi ,
Some Substitution variables have been deleted in our prod env ..............where/which log files can we find the information ..who deleted them?

When you delete a server-level substitution variable you get a 'System altered' message in the Essbase server log; when you delete an application- or database-level substitution variable you get an 'Application app altered' / 'Database app.db altered' message (at least in 11.1.2) in the Essbase server log. I don't think you're going to get more specific than that, i.e. it won't tell you exactly what happened.
Immediately before that message (unless your system is very busy, in which case I guess there might be intervening messages) there will be a message saying 'Received client request: MaxL: Execute (from user...XXX').

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How to Update Substitution Variable

Hi All,
we are using Essbase 9.3.1.2. i am trying to create substitution variable using essbase console and i am getting an error as 1051082: substitution variable currmonth already exists however i have deleted all my substitution variables before creating them. When i checked in the backend using maxl i am able to see that the new substitution variable is created (*Currmonth*) however in console when i right click on the server --> edit -> variables i am not able see that variable that i have created.
Can anyone of you help me out...
regards,
Naveen.
Edited by: user12209997 on Sep 13, 2010 11:29 AM

Are you sure you're not creating the substitution variable at say, the database level, but are then looking at the application or server level? Or the reverse?
What do you get in MaxL when you type:
display variable all ;
If you set a variable, can you use it in an Essbase retrieve through the Excel add-in? If yes, I'd say the variable really exists and it's EAS that is wrong. There's always the restart of the EAS service to try.
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

11.1.1.6.11 / Essbase Substitution Variables / RPD Init Block / Dynamic Variables

11.1.1.6.11 / Essbase Substitution Variables / RPD Init Block / Dynamic Variables
How do I update the Init Block which is populated with the Essbase Substitution variables. This is dynamically created the first time I import an Essbase cube and is populated with the Substitution variables when it is first imported into the RPD. If later on new Substitution variables are added, they are not being reflected in the Init Block or its dynamic variables. I have done the re-import of the data source with no change to the Init Block Dynamic Variables. How do I get these new Substitution variables imported?
It appears that the only way is to delete it from the Physical Layer, however this deletes any changes I have made to Cube in the physical layer.

So delete it from the Physical Layer, change the Substitution Variables associated with the cube. Import it back into the physical layer. It does NOT delete existing Init Block Dynamic variables that no longer exist as Substitution variables.

OiL - Configurable Product Text Parameter Substitution Variables

Hi there,
I am working on an Oracle iLearning 5.0b1 customization for a client. They have requested that the generic default "Enrollment Request Forwarded For Your Approval" message for Authorized Enrollment Web Notifications be customized to include the Username, Business Organization (configurable attribute field) and the Course title. This is required because the Manager, Training Coordinators and Registrars that are part of the authorized enrollment workflow need to be able to quickly select the appropriate enrollment request instead of having to open each one to find the correct request.
In order to meet this requirement, I need to be able to add my own Parameter Substitution Variables to the Enrollment Request message (Message Key = WF_ILA_REQUEST_SUBJECT)
I have been unable to find any information on adding Parameter Substitution Variables for Configurable Product Text. I know that the instructions in the Admin Console say not to change or delete the defaults when changing the messages.
Has anyone been attempted to add their own Parameter Substitution Variables to an existing Configurable Product Text or created their own Message Key for a custom message?
Any help is appreciated.
~jctrm

There's no means within iLearning (without customization) to include additional substitution variables into notifications.
Scott
http://www.seertechsolutions.com

Can we use Substitution variables in MAXL?

Hi,
Can we use substitution variables in MAXL script?
I have to run this MAXL command for clearing a slice of ASO cube on V11.1.1.3.
alter database Apname.DBname clear data in region 'CrossJoin({[2009]},{[Dec]})';
I am planning to use Current_year & Current_month variables instead of hardcoding 2009 & Dec as I have to use this everymonth to clear the current months data.
If it is allowed, what is the syntax?
Is there any alternative apart from substitution variables?
Appreciate your thoughts.
Thanks,
-Ethan.

You would just use ampersand and the variable name instead of the hard coding e.g. &yearVar &periodVar.
Not tried it on aso clears but in theory it should work as ...'CrossJoin({&yearVar},{&periodVar})';
just change yearVar and periodVar for your substitution variable names.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Use varialbe as a value in substitution variable

Hi there,I incrementaly update my cube day by day.And I set a user variable in autoexec.bat to get the current date,eg '2003-06-23'.Could I use such variable as a variable's value in substition variable ?My platform is 6.5 on w2k.Regards,luau

You can use that in a MAXL script to set the substitution variable.the MAXL script would be something like:Alter database $4 drop variable $5;alter database $4 add variable $5 $7 ;where: $4 is the app.cub $5 is the substitution variable name $7 is the value of the subs. variableRich Sullivan - Beacon Analytics

How to use a substitution variable in a load rule?

I need to use a substitution variable in a load rule in a column, as I will receive a parameter to fix the Month and Year values within the data loading, could somebody tell me if this is possible. I put an expresion "&Yearproc" in the column value but it is not working.

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
ORA-06550: line 3, column 27:
PL/SQL: Item ignored
ORA-06550: line 10, column 22:
PLS-00320: the declaration of the type of this expression is incomplete or malformed
ORA-06550: line 10, column 1:
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:
     l_SCR_Info            VARCHAR2(50) := '''SCR'|| 123 ||'-'||'''';there's no problem; the compile knows what the literal number 123 is.

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.
Different people will have different ways of achieving what you want and everyones requirements are different. If it helps my preferred way of conditionally suppressing periodic data (for Planning/Essbase) is to add a dynamic calc account member called 'TP-Index' into the database, set up a formula so that each period returns a numeric value from 1 to 12 to match the fiscal/calendar year as required.
Then in reporting bring the account and period dimensions into rows/columns so that you are able to retrieve data for the TP-Index account and the period as defined in your substitution variable. You can then choose how the suppression works based on a numeric value, commonly you may want to suppress if greater than, e.g. you have a multi-period report where your actual data is to June so you want to suppress everything from July onwards.
I'm sure that a similar thing could be achieved in HFM as well if that is your underlying system instead of Essbase.
Does that help?
Stuart

Using substitution variable in sql -- Issue

Hello All
I am trying to do a sql operation from command prompt of my system and that sql requires substitution variable which i am passing it but when i pass the variable ( there are two) the first one assign as " \c" and second gets both what i am passing.
I am not sure what exactly happening here, i have done this on AIX but here its not working any ideas?
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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):
2008 (current month)
Product $ qty.
AAA 100 10
BBB 90 7
CCC 80 5
The problem is that in our cube we need to use an alias in every dimension not to have duplicate members (E.g.: DT.Date, MS.Measure, PD.Product, etc). And when we use it we need to set up the variable in Essbase using that alias (E.g.: DT.Feb/05/08). And if we use that variable as a substitution variable in the report data source the label displayed is the DT.2008 and not 2008 as expected.
Does anybody have an idea how to solve that?
Many thanks,
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.
You can definitely use subsitution variables in columns in the version you are using and prior version.
Cheers
John
http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

Error with define substitution variable in SQL

Hi there,
I am using PL/SQL developer and trying to define a substitution variable as follows:
define freq = 'Weekly'
Then later on, in my SQL statement, I used this variable in WHERE statement as follows:
WHERE ... (&freq = 'Weekly') and ...
But I got the "ORA-00904: "WEEKLY": invalid identifier" error.
Where is the problem?
Thanks in advance!

I don't know about PL/SQL developer but in sqlplus you need single quotes around the variable.
SQL> define freq = 'Weekly'
SQL> select null from dual
2 where &freq = 'Weekly';
old   2: where &freq = 'Weekly'
new   2: where Weekly = 'Weekly'
where Weekly = 'Weekly'
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00904: "WEEKLY": invalid identifier
SQL> edi
Wrote file afiedt.sql
1 select null from dual
2* where '&freq' = 'Weekly'
SQL> /
old   2: where '&freq' = 'Weekly'
new   2: where 'Weekly' = 'Weekly'
N
SQL>

Substitution Variable in WA error

Hi there,
We have moved our server's IP beacuse we promoted developement (server07) to production (server08). Prior to that all reports worked fine. Now we're having some problems with the Substitution Variables, because everytime we select them, to include them in a report, it displays the following error:
*"Actual_Month is not a valid substitution variable for dimension Period"*
In fact I've tried to create a new variable with a new name and I get the same error. What intrigues me is that if we use the same variable for Dynamic Time Series let's say Y-T-D(Actual_Month) it works and displays a value.
Maybe is there something in the connection but still with no clue how to fix it. Any database or setting at the config file to set?
Thanks!

I don't know about PL/SQL developer but in sqlplus you need single quotes around the variable.
SQL> define freq = 'Weekly'
SQL> select null from dual
2 where &freq = 'Weekly';
old   2: where &freq = 'Weekly'
new   2: where Weekly = 'Weekly'
where Weekly = 'Weekly'
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00904: "WEEKLY": invalid identifier
SQL> edi
Wrote file afiedt.sql
1 select null from dual
2* where '&freq' = 'Weekly'
SQL> /
old   2: where '&freq' = 'Weekly'
new   2: where 'Weekly' = 'Weekly'
N
SQL>

Assign substitution variable to another substitution variable with truncation of value

I launch a sql*plus .sql script by way of a concurent job. The concurrent job provides a date paramenter to the script. Job log shows the date passed to scrpit as:
Arguments
2013/09/01 00:00:00
For cosmetic purposes in the ouput's heading, I want to convert/truncate the character string to an end-user format of 2013/09/01.
Trying to simply change one substitution variable
(below is not working, but hopefully telegraphs my intention:
UnDefine Low_date
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UnDefine Low_date_10
Define Low_date_10 = 'yyyy-mm-ds'
select substr('&Low_Date',1,10) into &Low_date_10 from dual;
prompt "Variable value is: &Low_date_10"
WHICH PRODUCES:
old:select substr('&Low_Date',1,10) into &Low_date_10 from dual
new:select substr('2013-09-01 00:00:00',1,10) into yyyy-mm-ds from dual
Error starting at line 8 in command:
select substr('2013-09-01 00:00:00',1,10) into yyyy-mm-ds from dual
Error at Command Line:8 Column:55
Error report:
SQL Error: ORA-00905: missing keyword
00905. 00000 - "missing keyword"
*Cause:
*Action:
old:prompt "Variable value is: &Low_date_10"
new:prompt "Variable value is: yyyy-mm-ds"
"Variable value is: yyyy-mm-dd"
"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:
DEFINE low_date = '2013-09-01 00:00:00'
COLUMN low_date_10_col        NEW_VALUE low_date_10
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                )    AS low_date_10_col
FROM dual;
PROMPT Variable value is: &Low_date_10

Unable to execute the substitution variable in calc scripts in essbase 11.1

Unable to execute the substitution variable in calc scripts in essbase 11.1.3
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Unit=units*Listprice;
dataexport "file" "," "E:\NEW.TXT";
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Error: 1200471 Error parsing formula for FIX STATEMENT (line 1): expression expected before [)]
This is error it throws when executing the calculation script
I wonder whether its a problem with substitution variable i want to know wat went wrong inside the fix statement
I have created substitution variable use maxl
Installed the essbase in custom manner and standlone mode nt register with the shared services ,
Is this problem with the custom installation of essbase
Regards
shenna

If you remove the substitution variable and replace it with the actual value (whatever that is), does the code work? That will tell you if the issue is around the substitution variable or not.
John -- First you race Glenn, then you race me -- and you always win. :)
Regards,
Cameron Lackpour

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