Unable to default the value Future in the ESS absence pages

Summary:

We are trying to default the value of Future in the ESS absence pages dropdown, thereby limiting the search criteria options.

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We are looking at the option of binding parameter in page composer as shown in the attached image(Personalization Request.docx) but somehow it is not working as expected.

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