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How to create a SAP Variable that must be specified by user like prompts do?

I am trying to build reports using RESTful API for Business Objects 4.2. In the "SAP BusinessObjects RESTful Web Service SDK User Guide for Web Intelligence and the BI Semantic Layer", section "6.5.1 Parameter Response Body Schemas" mentioned that parameter may be a context, prompt or sapVariable. I was able to create a report with context selection and prompt. But what is sapVariable?

<parameters>
    <parameter type="context|prompt|sapVariable" optional="Boolean" dpId="string">

How is it possible to create a variable that will require an input from the user?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • SAP Variable prompt kind are prompts coming from BEX/BW queries. This prompt is a parameter inherited from the BW Query and automatically passed to the end-user during the refresh process.