Selecting Parameter description but showing value

[Tekkanth]

Hi all,
I have a small problem in CE10. I am selecting a parameter (description) from the list box but , after 'ADD'ing, the value is showing up instead of Description.

Does anybody has any ideas on how to change this?

Thanks in advance.

 

[pelajhia]

You may select based on description, but the value has be what is added to the values list since this is what the report query will need to 'get' in order to select the correct data.
You might be able to come up with a custom parameter screen which displays the description while actually adding the value to the value list...

 

[Tekkanth]

But shouldn't it make sense to just show description and not value. I thought that was the whole purpose of giving description, so that user will see what is exactly displayed in description box while actual value is being passed to report. Otherwise, user selects a description and he sees custom values i 've generated in report and gets confused..(just thinking out loud)..

Anyways, thanks for your help. if it has to be custom made parameter form, then i'll try to work on it.

Thanks,

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
If using the Prompts' default values from the Report then both will be shown( absent custom coding) .
If you can derive the needed prompt values and descriptions from a database ( or can hard code them)you then could use a standard HTML FORM-SELECT-OPTION drop-down box for users to select the description and have it pass the value.