Variables in Bex and BO

Hi Experts,
I am using Business Objects 4.0 SP2 with SAP BEX.
I am not using universe. Webi directly connect to Bex.
I have a characteristic variable in Bex processed by authorization.
The variable is working fine in BO. But i dont want that variable to prompt for values in BO. User need not select values.
I want the filter value to get added to Bex query/MDX query without prompting in BO.
Please let me know how can i do it? I am new to Bex - BO reports. What happens if i uncheck the input ready option for that variable in Bex?
Regards,
Jacob
Edited by: Jacob J on Dec 4, 2011 4:59 PM

Hai
Remove the Promt
http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?p=649176&sid=68bb3668f32a31bc34b4d976b9abe736
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/00979eea-06a0-2e10-5583-e33378db04d1?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true
http://forumtopics.org/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=120010&sid=17c36f534ab11307c989a5230afb3409
http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?p=754375

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