Manage Variables

Birst spaces support two types of variables, based on when their values are updated:

Repository variables: These variables are refreshed when data is processed. Birst provides built-in repository variables related to data loading, such as LoadDate, LoadStartTime, LoadDateSFDC, LoadCompletionTime, and LoadNumber.
Session variables: These variables are refreshed with each new user session. Birst provides two built-in session variables, USER and UserLocale. USER can help drive data level security for a space by dictating what data a specific user is able to see. UserLocale is determined by the Language option on the Birst User Settings page. These are not valid for ETL scripts.

Space Administrators can create custom variables for use in:

Reports and Dashboards
Data security filters
Birst Connect queries
Birst Connect server name, database name, user name, and generic connection strings (single-value constants)
Application Connector queries

Note: If an imported variable is not visible in the child space, try publishing the parent space. This should publish the changes to the child space. If a variable is added/updated in the parent space, then the parent space must be published for the variable changes to take effect.

You can create, edit, and delete variables using the Admin interface.