XL Reporter- Expressions in Parameters.

Hi,
In XL Reporter for a UDF field we needed to allow users to select multiple options.
E.g. for a UDF field named "Country" which includes a list of countries if the user wants to select all the countries he/ she should be allowed to multi select the names listed.
I have observed from the sample reports that in the Expression attribute of a parameter you can select only the type (e.g. Business Partner )and not the attributes( e.g. Country (UDF field)) of the type.
As a result multi selection is only possible for the type and not the attribute.
Please comment!
Regards,
Jyoti

Hi Gordon,
Thanks for the reply!
I had gone through this thread earlier,this explains the parameters required to be set if you want an expression.
My issue is that i need to see the attribute of the category to be set as as expression which is curently not possible.
Is there any way i can do this?
Regards,
Jyoti

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