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a. Enter a name and description.
b. Select the required attribute from the dropdown list.
Note: At runtime, the value for the variable is fetched from the selected attribute's data.
c. Choose the required Selection Type from the dropdown list.
d. If you want to specify a default value that is used to filter attribute data, enter the value in the Default
Value field.
e. Choose OK.
Note: You can also choose to create a variable using the Create Variable option from the context menu of
an attribute. In this case, the details of the variable are pre-filled.
2. Assign a Variable to a Filter
1. On the Output panel, right-click the attribute.
2. In the context menu, choose Apply Filter.
3. In the Operator dropdown list, choose Variable.
4. In the Variable dropdown list, choose the required variable.
5. Choose OK.
Note: You can also choose to create a variable and apply a filter using the Create Variable - Apply Filter
option from the context menu of an attribute.
6.2.9 Creating Input Parameters
Use this procedure to allow you to provide input for the parameters within stored procedures, in order to obtain a
desired functionality when the procedure is executed.
In an analytic view you use input parameters as placeholders during currency conversion and formulas like
calculated columns. When used in formulas, the calculation of the formula is based on the input that you provide
at runtime during data preview. Input parameters are not used for filtering attribute data in analytic views that can
be achieved using variables.
In calculation views you can use input parameter during currency conversion, calculated measures, input
parameters of the script node, and to filter data as well.
You can apply input parameters in analytic and calculation views. If a calculation view is created using an analytic
view with input parameters, those input parameters are also available in the calculation view but you cannot edit
them.
The following types of input parameters are supported:
Type Description
Attribute Value/ Column Use this when the value of a parameter comes from an
attribute.
Currency (available in Calculation View only) Use this when the value of a parameter is in a currency
format, for example, to specify the target currency during
currency conversion.
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