You use the Replacement Path to specify the value that automatically replaces the variable when you execute the query or Web application.

The processing type Replacement Path can be used with characteristic value variables, text variables and formula variables.

Text and formula variables with the processing type Replacement Path are replaced by a corresponding characteristic value.

The variable wizard takes you automatically to the Characteristic dialog step, in which you select the reference characteristic for replacement. In the Replacement Path dialog step that follows, you choose whether the variable is replaced by the From or the To Value and the Key or the Name of the characteristic value. You can also specify the offset start and offset length for the output.

Characteristic value variables with the processing type Replacement Path, are replaced by the results of a query. In the Replacement Path dialog step, select the query whose result you want to use as the variable. You can now use the data result of the selected query as a variable in a different query.

In the variable wizard in the General Information dialog step, choose the processing type Replacement Path.

If you specify a variable as a characteristic value, you do not have to give a text for the characteristic value right away. Instead, you can fill the text field dynamically, according to the characteristic that you use for the variable when you execute the query. To do this, define a text variable with automatic replacement.