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Chapter 12 Enabling the user to filter data

When you create a report, you build a data set and typically specify filter conditions to display specific data in the report. When a user views the report, the user sees the information that you selected.

As users become familiar with the report and recognize its potential as an analytical tool, they will want to view the data in different ways. For example, in a sales report, a user might want to view only sales in California, or only sales over a certain amount, or only sales placed in the last 30 days.

The solution for this type of ad hoc reporting requirement is for the report to prompt the user to provide information that determines the data to display. Report developers make this solution available through the use of report parameters.


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