Creating a Parameter Sheet Layout
Walkthrough
To add controls to a parameter sheet, and associate them with report parameters, follow the steps below:
1. Click the 'New' button in the Style Studio toolbar. This opens the 'New Asset' dialog box.
2. In the left panel, select the 'Component' node. From the right 'Types' panel, select 'Parameter Sheet'. Click 'OK'.
3. Expand the Style Studio Toolbox panel.
4. Drag a Section component from the Toolbox panel into the report. (Sections allow very precise positioning of elements. See Section Element for more details.)
5. Drag a Text element from the Toolbox panel into the Section. Enter “Select State and City” as the contents of the Text element, and set the font to 14pt bold. Center-align the Text element. (See Text Element for more information.)
Note: The steps below assume that the report to which this Parameter Sheet will be linked contains parameters named 'st' and 'ct'. The 'Field' names of the input controls must exactly match the corresponding report parameter names. (You will create a report with these parameters in Linking a Parameter Sheet to a Report.)
6. Drag two Choice boxes from the Toolbox panel into the Section.

7. Right-click the first Choice box, and select 'Properties'. This opens the 'Choice Properties' dialog box. Make the following settings:
a. Set 'ID' to “StateChoice”.
b. Set 'Field Name' to “st”.
c. Set 'Enable', 'Submit on Change', and 'Optional'.
d. Click 'OK'.
5. Right-click the second Choice box, and select 'Properties'. In the 'Choice Properties' dialog box, make the following settings:
a. Set 'ID' to “CityChoice”.
b. Set 'Field Name' to “ct”.
c. Set 'Enable', 'Submit on Change', and 'Optional'.

d. Click 'OK'.
The next step is to sequence the controls so that the user must first select a state, and then select a city. You will do this in the next section, Defining a Parameter Flow.
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