@variable syntax

(abc.xyz LIKE '%@variable('BOUSER')%'
OR
abc.mnp = @variable('BOUSER'))
is this a correct syntax....I get parsing error in universe conditions....says missing right parenthesis.....
any inputs appreciated.
Pali

Hi Pali,
In your second code statement:
abc.mnp = @variable('BOUSER'))
I can see a second parantheses. You would need to delete the second right parantheses-something like:
abc.mnp=@variable ('BOUSER')
In your first code statement, I think the @variable cannot be used within inverted commas since it would end up treated as a string. You need to create a final string that would concatenate the '%' symbols for you.
Off the top of my head, can you please check if this syntax works:
abc.xyz LIKE concat('%',concat(@variable('BOUSER'),'%'))

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db file scattered read                       1276        0.00          0.16
db file sequential read                       812        0.00          0.02
direct path read                             1552        0.00          0.61
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Execute      1      0.00       0.00          0          0         13           0
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total        4      0.02       0.04          0          8         13           1
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      1     NESTED LOOPS
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      1         INDEX   MODE: ANALYZED (RANGE SCAN) OF
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      1       INDEX   MODE: ANALYZED (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_PERSONS'
                  (INDEX (UNIQUE))
      1      TABLE ACCESS   MODE: ANALYZED (BY INDEX ROWID) OF
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-Steve

I assume the SQL Transform is used only because of that in-list, not for other reasons....
In this book page here: https://boc.sdn.sap.com/node/20046 at the very bottom it isdescribed on how to use the pushdown_sql() function in a where clause to add *any* text of your choice into the select statement DI generates. In this example I used a "where exists" but you can easily change the text to
where key=5 and pushdown_sql('my_datastore', 'CUSTOMERNUMBER IN ([$variable])') and gender='M'
I used the key=5 and gender=M just to clarify the syntax (I hope).
For the SQL Transform, I wonder if you need the [$variable] syntax as well....

@variable syntax

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