&

The Essbase Report Writer & command prefaces a substitution variable in the report script.

Syntax

& variableName

Parameters

variableName

The name of the substitution variable set on the database.

Notes

Any string that begins with a leading & is treated as a substitution variable; Essbase replaces these variables with their associated values prior to the parsing of the report script. Member names beginning with & are considered substitution variables by Report Writer.

Example

<ICHILDREN &CurQtr

becomes

<ICHILDREN Qtr1

if the substitution variable CurQtr has the value name "Qtr1".