How to use Formulas and Variables in SAP Webi

Last updated on Dec 05 2021
Darayus Bharucha

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How to use Formulas and Variables in SAP Webi

You can also insert formulas and variables in a Webi report.

How to Enter a Formula?

To enter a formula in Webi report, the report should be opened in Design mode. Click the formula editor to enter a formula.

Once the formula editor is open, build the formula. If the formula editor is not visible, go to Properties tab → View → Formula Bar.

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How to Create a Variable?

The report should be in Design mode to create a Variable in formula.

To create a variable, click on Create Variable icon in formula bar to display variable editor.

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Enter the name of Variable, Qualification – Dimension, Measure, and Detail. If you select Detail, it opens a new field – Associate dimension.

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Enter the formula for variable, you can select from the list of available objects, functions and operators to create a formula. You can click on the tick mark to validate the formula. Once the formula is defined, click Ok.

On the left side, you can see this new variable in the list of available objects. To use this variable, you can drag this to Webi report.

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You can also edit or delete the variable. To edit/delete a variable, select the variable from the list of available objects → right-click → Edit/Remove.

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