Substitution Variables in FR Studio

I created a subsitution variable in EAS called LongTermFutureYears, members assigned are FY10:FY20. It does not show up in the member selection hierarchy for substituion variables.
Subs variables with only one member assigned (ie. CurYear = FY09) appear in member selection and function as expected.
How can I get FR to recognize the subs variable with multiple members?
Thanks!

I do not believe HR supports sub-var with range of values. I just tried it and same issue as yours.
However, you can do following:
1. Assign a value (in this case year (FY09) to sub-var
2. Select 'range' function (from functions tab) and move to right pane
3. Select sub-var for ' StartMember'
4. Select either sub-var for a member from list for 'EndMember'
This should work fine.
Since Range function is available in the report HR does not support range values assigned for sub-var (guessing).
Good luck!
Venu

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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.
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When I expand substituon Variables in FR Studio, no variables in the list. Previously it showed the list variables. Suddenly, no varibles are there. I have restarted the FR Studio, but still I am facing the same issue. What might be the reason.
We are using Hyperion system 9.3.1
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Hi,
Issue is resolved. Substituion variable values are surrounded by quotes in EAS. I removed the quotes and now working fine.
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Maybe it is the same issue as :- Can't see Substitution variables in FR Studio
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http://john-goodwin.blogspot.com/

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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,
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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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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.
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Financial Reporting and substitution variable

Hello,
i have a problem with FR and substitution variable. I create the substitution variable in Essbase for example antYear but i dont'see in dimension layout in FR studio and workspace.
Thanks.

You'll need to restart FR studio, after you have created the substitution variables. As the studio only performs one read of the sub var database on startup.
It also won't show up unless you assign a member to it.
Hope this helps.
Iain

Financial Reporting (FR) using Substitution Variables with Quotes

HI all,
I've created a substitution variable, &CurWk, for a Period Dimension member. The member name, Dec Wk2, has an embedded space, so I enclose the member name in quotes when assigning it to the substitution variable in EAS. However, when I try to use that substitution variable in Financial Reporting, it does not recognize the Substitution variable. I've closed down and re-opened the FR Studio. If I remove the quotes around the member name when assigning it to the Substitution Variable, then FR will recognize the substitution variable. However, I get an error in the calc scripts if I try to reference the substitution variable if this member name is not enclosed in quotes. In my mind, this seems to be a bug in FR since quotes can be optional when referencing any member name. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a work-around? I'm using EPM 11.1.1. Thanks for your help!
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Hi Vince,
For the Calc scripts add & to the front of the sub var and surround the sub var with [ ], for example:
where sub vars are ReptQTR, ReptYR, ReptScenario:
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END
Edited to fix stupid html codes: Iain Curtain on Feb 1, 2010 5:44 PM

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

Hi,
I'm trying to create a footer in my report to display a substitution variable for the "Period" dimension. The Period dimension is not used in any of the rows or columns in my grid in my report in FR studio. It is left as a POV. I am trying to reference the substitution variable for CurrentMonth, which is independant of what the user selects for the Peiod POV.
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Tiffany,
I do the following which I think may fit you need:
Add the "Period" dimension to the Columns section.
Make the "Period" dimension the top most member of your column selections.
Hide that row.
Set the left most column to "Current Poinf of View for Period"
Select "Same As Col A" (for example) for the remaining report columns.
Add a column to the far right and use the &CurrentMonth substitution variable for the "Period" dimension. (The other dimensions in that column should be set, if possible, to retrieve as little data as possible.)
Hide the new column.
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Using Substitution variables in Range function in FR

Hi,
According to one of my report requirement, I want to show current quarter’s weeks till the current week. Just to elaborate more I am able to show current quarters all weeks but unable to show till current week. I had created Current quarters starting week (CurrQtrSW) as a substitution variable and CurrWeek as other substitution variable when I keep these two SV's in Range function it is throwing me error and my report is not running. Can anybody help me in this?
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If you're using the standard 13 week quarters and they are labeled that way, you can just use Week1 as the starting point (as opposed to having weeks 1-52 in your essbase cube).
Have you restarted essbase/FR Studio since adding the sub vars? It can sometimes require one or both to fully recognize them.
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Cheers, Iain

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Hi All,
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If the variables refer to a member in the Essbase outline, then it the substitution variables should appear as selections from the member selections in FR studio in the dimensions they represent.
I don't beleive there is a way to display the value of the variable unless it is a SAP variable (see the "VariableValue" function)

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Can we use substitution variables in MAXL script?
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-Ethan.

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Error When Prompting for Substitution Variable

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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:
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Christine

Hi,
It looks like you just want one string there:
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If you give a value like AB for the variable, the code you posted is equivalent to:
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