Parameter

The Parameter web action enables you to run a report, especially a report with parameters.

To bind the Parameter web action to a web control:

1. Insert the required web control into your report by dragging it from the Toolbox panel.
2. Right-click the web control, and then select Display Type from the shortcut menu.
3. In the Web Behaviors box of the Display Type dialog, choose an event from the Events column, then click in the Actions column and click that appears in the text box.
4. In the Web Action List dialog, select Parameter and click OK. The Parameter - Web Action Builder dialog appears. See the dialog.

   

5. Specify the handler which will receive the parameters of the web action. The handler may be the default one in the current server, or in another server specified by Customized Path.
6. From the Get Input From drop-down list, specify where to get the web control, which may be a form, or other in report.
7. Specifies whether to apply the action to run a report or refresh the current. If you choose to run a report, click the Browse button to specify the report or use a web control to retrieve the reportname, then select the window or frame in which the report will be opened from the Target Frame drop-down list.
8. The parameters used by the specified report will be automatically listed in the parameters box. Specify the value for each parameter.
9. Click OK to accept the settings.

See also Parameter - Web Action Builder dialog for details about options in the dialog.

Besides the way of binding the Parameter web action to a web control, two standalone web controls can achieve the same purposes: parameter control which is used to specify a parameter to a report and parameter form control which is used to run reports. For details about the usages of the two web controls, see Using parameter control to specify a parameter to a report or Using parameter form control to run reports.