Variable entry for replacement path

Hi Guys,
This is my scenario. I have query A which uses a set of results from query B via replacement path. I have a mandatory variable entry for Query A which I have used also for query B. I was under the impression that when I made a user entry for the variable for query A, that value would be copied over to query B and perform the filtering in Query B too. Is this not the case.
If I need to perform this operation, i.e use the value that I enter for variable entry in Query A in Query B, how can I do that?
Thanks,
Doniv

Hello Doniv,
we are using this scenario in our queries too, if we define the same variable in the query A and B,
this value is used for the selection in the query B.
Did you tried to search in OSS? (this could be the SAP error)
Regards,
Kirill

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Replace with Characteristic Value
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