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Originally posted by: leekennett

Hi,

So I used the built in variable for CurrentDate within my output file names so I know when it was run.

I've found that when you export the graph to a BRX it substitutes the {{^CurrentDate^}} field with the date the BRX was generated and all subsequent files have the same value.

I looked within the BRX file and it specifically has the date embedded in the file and it's no longer the sysdate.

Is there anything I can do about this?

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Originally posted by: stonysmith

For use in a BRX, you should do this..
Change your parameter to {{*DataDate*}}

Then in unix,
export p_DataDate=`date +%Y-%m-%d`


The {{**}} means "get the parameter from unix"

You can pick pretty much any name here you want, and you can send multiple parameters from unix into a graph using this message.

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Originally posted by: ejones

You could also use the date() function which returns the current date if you do not supply any parameters. But note that depending on the context, it likely better to go with Stony's solution much of the time because this allows one to re-execute the graph manually with exactly the same values.