Summary

This hour has guided you through creating and implementing parameter fields to construct a dynamic and highly functional report, which is capable of segmenting the worldwide sales data into country specific queries based on the sub-set of information sought by the business user. Using parameter fields can dramatically decrease the number of reports necessary to support the overall business user community. At the same time, parameter field prompts provide the business users with additional interactivity that allows them to selectively execute the report to include only the desired data. Parameter fields can prompt users for a variety of information that can be used in a number of ways within reports we have introduced you to the more common uses of such parameter fields.