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Using a Substitution Variable in a text box when the member isn't used in a grid

1009219Jun 3 2014 — edited Jul 16 2014

Hi,

I'm trying to create a footer in my report to display a substitution variable for the "Period" dimension. The Period dimension is not used in any of the rows or columns in my grid in my report in FR studio. It is left as a POV. I am trying to reference the substitution variable for CurrentMonth, which is independant of what the user selects for the Peiod POV.

For example, the user runs the report and selects YearTotal for the Period dimension. I want to bring back the substitution variable of &CurrentMonth for Period even though it is not selected in the Grid for the report. Is there a way to do that?

The workaround I am using is adding a second Grid and selecting the Substitution variable in the row and referencing the function from the second grid, which is hidden. This is bulky, and I'm hoping for a cleaner solution. The function I'm using from Grid 2 is below:

<<MemberAlias("Grid2", 1, "Period")>>

If I referenced Grid1 for Period, the function would display the user's POV selection, which is not what I want.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks so much!!

Tiffany

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