7.2.4  Parameter Sheets

If query or report parameters are defined for a report (see Parameterization above), then the user is prompted with a default parameter screen when they first open the report. This screen prompts the user for all of the parameters for which 'Prompt User' is enabled in the Style Studio 'Parameter Definition' dialog box.

You can also create custom parameter prompting by designing an input form (“parameter sheet”) with Style Studio's Form Elements. This gives you much greater flexibility positioning and styling the input controls. It also allows you to sequence and adaptively populate the input controls so as to smoothly guide the user through the input process, and prevent the report from returning empty result sets.

There are two types of parameter sheets:

Reusable parameter sheet: A reusable parameter sheet is an independent asset, and can be associated with any number of reports. See Reusable Parameter Sheets for an example of how to create this type of parameter sheet.

Embedded parameter sheet: An embedded parameter sheet is a basic parameter sheet that is saved with a particular report, and can only be used by that report. See Embedded Parameter Sheets for more about this type of parameter sheet.

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