Has anyone had success with the change parameters (Variables)? I have several reports that all have a simple substitution variable |CVTimeDesc|. When running the book, I would like to change that Variable to predefined text, however, this doesn't seem to be working.
If your question is how to change the value of |CVTimeDesc| to something custom, I don't believe you can. CVTimeDesc is a substitution variable controlled by the system. Any variable enclosed in "|" only is a substitution variable.
Custom parameters are typically enclosed in "|!" which are usually defined through parameters under Workspaces.
Hope that helps?
Cheers,
A.
Hey Alex,
Thanks for the response. I do understand the difference between variables and parameters. I'm struggling with using the change parameter function in the report book itself. I want to change the variable to something different at run-time.
Are there variables and substitution variables different? If we are unable to change, then why does the application have a "change parameter - variable" section is in book? I assumed it would work the same as Parameters, where I can define an answer, but its not working.
Sean
Hey Sean, here’s an example from my book that might help clarify things: In the Change Parameter, I'm adding a Loop1Variable.
In my loop, I define a process where a specific number of Projects are returned. For each project, I run a set of reports, with each report using the current project (from the loop) to generate different results.
In your case, it seems like you don’t need a loop. Instead, you just need a custom variable (create that in the dashboard as a member list). This will prompt for the specific information you want in each interaction.
