Variable assignment in BEx Broadcaster

I'm trying to broadcast a web template directly from the Broadcaster, and want to assign variables. I've tried Determine from Variant, and it works like a charm.
As I understand it I should be able to enter the variables manually by using Determine Here, but it doesn't seem to work for me.
I choose VAR_01 from the Name dropdown, and click Create. Then I can enter my variables, and then what? If I click OK the report is generated in the same popup window, and from there I can do nothing but close the window, and the variables are not assigned.
Can somebody help. Am I doing something wrong, is it a bug or have I simply misunderstood everything?

Jacob,
I have the same issue after I applied SP13 but I did not have this problem in SP11.
Please let me, [email protected], know if you have a solution for this? Thanks.
Regards,
Ba

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