Dynamic Parameter Picklist Filter

I have a Dynamic Parameter (Units) where the first picklist has 750 options and only 79 show up in the list. Is it possible to have the picklist show only the Active Units instead of all 750 Active & Inactive Units. If so, how would I accomplish that?
Thanks much!

Try to increase the list by editing the registry settings
For CRXI
1. Create a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 11.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
2. Add a string value "MaxRowsetRecords" and set the value to the maximum number of values that you desire for your report. For example, a value of 2000 will return up to 2000 values in the lowest level of a cascading parameter. NOTE: The value 0 (Unlimited) will not work with BusinessObjects Enterprise XI or Crystal Reports Server XI, you must specify another value.
3. After making changes to the registry, restart the affected service or application as required
For CRXIR2
1. Create a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 11.5\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
For CR2008
1. Create a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 12.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
regards,
Raghavendra

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Dynamic Parameter Picklist

I have a dynamic parameter for unit then for workorder. The unit picklist contains only the first 79 out of approx 750 choices. How can I get the entire picklist to show up and/or be able to type ahead select from the entire list?
OR
Be able to simply type in the unit I want all the workorders to be displayed for.
Thanks!

Try to increase the list by editing the registry settings
For CRXI
1. Create a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 11.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
2. Add a string value "MaxRowsetRecords" and set the value to the maximum number of values that you desire for your report. For example, a value of 2000 will return up to 2000 values in the lowest level of a cascading parameter. NOTE: The value 0 (Unlimited) will not work with BusinessObjects Enterprise XI or Crystal Reports Server XI, you must specify another value.
3. After making changes to the registry, restart the affected service or application as required
For CRXIR2
1. Create a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 11.5\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
For CR2008
1. Create a registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 12.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
regards,
Raghavendra

How to display dynamic parameter picklist based on other parameter?

The report uses two parameters 1. Order placed date and 2. Sales Agent name. First parameter (Order placed date) is a static date range that allows users to enter a date range to run the report. The second parameter is a dynamic parameter that displays Sales Agent names as a picklist. Users can select one or more agent names. This pick list is generated using a SQL command.
We would like to display the names of Sales agents (in the parameter pick list) who were active (i.e. who took orders) between the date range selected in the first parameter.
Currently the picklist, lists names of ALL sales agents (about 100) irrespective of the date selected in first parameter. So, users are forced to go through the entire list of agents instead of agents that were active during that period.
We are using CR 2008 on Edge 3.1.
Any elegant way to achieve this? Your help is appreciated.
Regards,
Mohit.
Edited by: Mohit Saran on Oct 19, 2009 2:46 PM

I realized that the question got posted in Bus Objects General forum and have reposted it in Crystal Reports Design forum (as originally intended). Sorry for the confusion.

Reports with many Dynamic Parameter

Post Author: Lalit
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Hi
I created a report with 5 dynamic parameter in CR XI. There are total 6 SQL command . First one is used for the report purpose and rest is for parameter of the report. There SQL commands are not linked to each other. Performnce of the report is very slow. Data is coming fine on the report. The Command one is returning around 50000 records.
Paramter are used in record selction to further filter the records
Please help how i can increase the performance .
Lalit

Post Author: yangster
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
eeekwhy don't you create 5 business view objects based on each of your dynamic promptsthis way you can share these parameters in other reports instead of having them all imbedded inside a single reportyou should also be able to schedule the list of values too so they will load faster

Limit dynamic parameter list to data added in last month

I have a crystal reports X1 report that uses a dynamic parameter for users to select. This parameter displays all database entries for the field. The field is called PLANNAME and lists out names that users have entered from the main application screens. I want to limit the display of these plan names to the most recent based on the CREATEDATE which is a field on the table that the Planname is stored.
Is there a way that Crystal reports can restrict / limit the list of vaules returned and available for report users to select. The list is steadily growing, and now requires the report users to scroll through hundreds of plannames (that is, all the plan names that have been created over the last two years).
Look forward to any suggestions.
Regards
dave

Just a follow-up on progress ...... which has been a bit slow.
Have got into the Business View Manager and found the vaious parameter levels PLANNAME DC, PLANNAME_BE, PLANNAME_BV, PLANNAME_DF, and added the following filter to the data_foundation: (note: first part is a View I have created, )
{CRYSTALVW_EFTPLANDETAIL.PLANNAME} in LastFullMonth.
I have not been able to add the SQL expression as it errors with reference to the INCORRECT SYNTAX NEAR THE KEYWORD "select"
SELECT DISTINCT PLANNAME, DATECREATED FROM CRYSTALVW_EFTPLANDETAIL WHERE DATECREATED >= '2009-01-01'
Note, this works okat in Enterprise manager Query Analyser, but not in the DF data_foundation.
and the suggestion you made:
SELECT DISTINCT PLANNAME FROM CRYSTALVW_EFTPLANDETAIL WHERE DATECREATED >= DATEADD('m',-1,GETDATE())
This produces the same error message - INCORRECT SYNTAX NEAR THE KEYWORD "select"
and I can not get this to work in Query Analyser - error message is
Server: Msg 1023, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Invalid parameter 1 specified for dateadd.
I shall continue to work thru this, but would appreciate any helpful hints.
many thanks
Dave

Dynamic parameter list condition question.

CR2008
Let say I have a dynamic parameter based on EmployeeName field in Employee table. How can I limit a parameter drop down list only to employees from one specific department? I do not want to select department first, I want to "hardcode" it somehow. It seems that parameter setup window does not have any search criteria.
Thanks,
Oleg

Try to put the filter condition in business view manager. Once you publish the report to server by default it generates an LOV in repository. Now open the business view manger and select the LOV and click on the object definition icon to see related business view and data foundation. Now open the data foundation and in the field explorer try to insert a new filter and add the condition like ="department name" and apply this and save the datafoundation. Now right click on the filter edit rights and apply this to all the user groups. Now when you open the report and refresh the report you will be able to see only the list related to the department.
Regards,
Raghavendra.G

Dynamic Parameter Filtering?

Post Author: Ron R
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Is it possible to filter dynamic parameter input lists, CR XI Rel 2. I have a vendor provided table that marks records 'Deleted' rather than deleting them. I would like to filter the dataset returned in the dynamic parameter to exclude those 'Deleted' records. Thanks in advance. Ron Ronhovde

Paul,
I'm not sure what exactly you are trying to do here. If you're basing the LOV on a view, the assumption would be that the view has been narrowed down to display only the option you want to display.
If that's not the case, say for example, the view was created for something else and it just so happened to be a good candidate for the LOV... You can use a Command as the data source of your LOV. Just create a new Command and enter the SQL that gets you the desired record set.
HTH,
Jason

Is there any way to add dynamic parameter in sql without breaking Server Behavior

Hello, i'm building multiple language site.. i would like to know if there is possible way to add dynamic parameter in my query, without break the server behavior.
For example:
mysql_select_db($database_dxc_conn, $dxc_conn);
$query_Recordset1 = "SELECT article.articleName, article.articleDesc FROM article";
$Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_Recordset1, $dxc_conn) or die(mysql_error());
$row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1);
$totalRows_Recordset1 = mysql_num_rows($Recordset1);
will become something like this:
$additionalSQL=", article.articleName_en";
mysql_select_db($database_dxc_conn, $dxc_conn);
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$row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1);
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this is just an example, my real scenarion is far more complicated than this... however this kind of approach break the server behavior and force to do hand-coding...
i would like to know if there's better way to do such thing like this...

viktor.iwan wrote:
Hello, i'm building multiple language site.. i would like to know if there is possible way to add dynamic parameter in my query, without break the server behavior.
Server behaviors are simply bits of boilerplate code automatically generated by Dreamweaver. Editing the code doesn't "break" it (unless your edits are badly written). However, once you edit the code, Dreamweaver no longer recognizes it, so you lose the ability to drag recordset results from the Bindings panel.
If you want to edit server behavior code, the best way to handle it is to lay out your page as you want, using the Bindings panel. Once everything has been done, only then edit the server behavior code.

How to get the list of values for a dynamic parameter using Web Services SDK?

I am struggling to get the list of values for a dynamic parameter of a report.I am using Java Web Services SDK ... I tried to use PromptInfo.getLOV().getValues() method but it does not work.First of all ... is this possible (to get the list of values for a dynamic param) using Web Services?Second of all, if this is possible, how should I do it ... it seems it works fine when running the report from CMC. It asks for DB logon info and after that it provides a list of values.Thx 

Your assumption is correct. We are trying to get the LOVs from the Crystal Report. I was not aware that this is not supported by Web Services SDK.We used Web Services SDK to integrated the Crystal Reports in our web application. We implemented some basic actions for reports: schedule, view instances, run ad-hoc reports.We encountered this problem when trying to run/schedule reports with dynamic parameters (a list of values from DB). We were unable to get the LOVs.Please let me know if you can think of an alternative to look at.Thanks a lot,Catalin

CR2011 Dynamic Parameter does not show list at all

I am upgrading some Crystal Reports from CR 8.5 to 2011. Some would be better served by using a dynamic parameter to allow the user to select the data for the parameter from the database information. I have created a dynamic parameter on the Customer ID and set the description to be the customer name. I have set it to handle multiple values.
When I preview the report in the Crystal designer, I get a text box to type in but not a drop down. To be clear, I am not talking about the LOV 1000 limit here. There are only 50 customers in the sample file I am working with. I tried turning the static parameter into a dynamic one, I deleted the original parameter and created a new one.
In case it matters, the parameter is only used as part of the selection formula and if I enter a proper customer id, it will retrieve the data. This report has about 7 tables (no stored procedures or views) and a subreport of two tables that is linked to the main report on the customer id. The parameter is only used on the main report for record selection. The SQL statement in the main report and subreport did need to be reset when I first opened the report in CR2011 but I did that on both. I have verified the database and the option to verify on first refresh is checked. The original parameter did have an imported list of about 3000 customer names. I tried exporting the CR template to a new file and while the file size changed, the behaviour did not.
When I create a brand new report on two of the tables, including the same customer table, and create the parameter the same way, it shows me the list properly in a dropdown at the prompt stage.
I am not sure where to go here or what else to try. If anyone has any suggestions, I appreciate the help. TIA, rasinc

Thank for the reply Dell,
I see the logic in adding the extra table and keeping it unlinked and I do know the crazy data that can come up if I use it linked to other tables or use the fields in other parts of the programming.
However, I've now tried it several times, creating the parameter on just the name alone, with the ID alone, etc. and I still only get a text box to type into.
I have made sure the original selection criteria
{customer.Id} = {?Customer}
if from the original table, not the new one, which I assume you expected me to do.
So I decided to run the same report through CR XIR2. When I update the Set Datasource Location, I am now getting the message
"Invalid Argument provided.
Details: The alias requested 'company', contains a combination of characters which is not considered to be valid"
Company is a table containing information about the main company, not the customers. The same message pops up for another table as well.
Then I get a message that says:
"Prompting failed with the following error message: 'List of Values failure: fail to get values. [Cause of error: The table company does not exist in the document.]'
Error source: prompt.dll Error code: 0x8004380D"
This appears to be a database access issue but I know the firewalls are not a problem because I can create a new report and get the LOV properly with the same database and same desktop computer. I can take that report created in CR2011 and use it in CRXI also and get the proper LOV. Is it possible I am dealing with template corruption because there were so many items imported into the static list before?

Why Dynamic Parameter is not working, when i create report using stored procedure ?

Post Author: Shashi Kant
CA Forum: General
Hi all
Why Dynamic Parameter is not working, when i create report XI using stored procedure ?
Only i shaw those parameters which i used in my stored procedure, the parameter which i create dynamic using stored procedure
is not shown to me when i referesh the report for viewing the results.
I have used the same procedure which i mention below but can not seen the last screen which is shown in this .
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1. Select View > Field Explorer2. Right-click on Parameter Fields and select New from the right-click menu.3. Enter u201CCustomer Nameu201D as the name for your parameter4. Under u201CList of Valuesu201D select u201CDynamicu201D5. Under the Value column, click where is says u201Cclick here to add itemu201D and select Customer Name from the drop-down list. The dialog shown now look like the one shown below in Figure 1. Click OK to return to your report design.
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Dynamic Parameters in Action
My question is that whether dynamic parameter is working with storedprocedure or not.
When i added one table and try to fetch records using dyanmic prameters. after that i am not be able to find the dynamic parameter option when i referesh my report.
One more thing when i try the static parameter for my report, the option i see when i referesh the screen.
Please reply soon , it's urgent
Regards
shashi kant

Hi Kishore,
I have tested the issue step by step by following you description, while the first issue works well in my local environment. Based on my research, this can be caused by the lookup expression or it indeed return Male value based on the logic. If you use the
expression below, it will indeed only return the Male record. So please try to double-check the record in the two datasets and the expression in your environment:
=lookup(first(Fields!ProgramID.Value,"DataSet1"),Fields!ProgramID.Value,Fields!Gender.Value,"DataSet2")
As to the second issue, please try to use the following expression:
=Count(Lookup(fields!ProgramID.value,fields!ProgramID.value,fields!Gender.value,"DataSet2"))
Besides, if this issue still exist, in order to trouble shoot this issue more efficiently, could you please post both the .rdl file with all the size properties to us by the following E-mail address? It is benefit for us to do further analysis.
E-mail: [email protected]
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How can we use C# to read dynamic parameter's value list from .rpt?

I'm using Cystal Report 2008. We know starting from CR XI we can create dynamic parameters, the list of items of this kind of parameter are fetching from database. So in general the SQLs to get the list of values for dynamic parameters are stored in the .rpt.
In Crystal Report Designer, if I preview a report with dynamic parameters, it will first query the database and then show the input dialog with list of values from database for user to choose. My question is can we implement the same thing by our C# code? I'm planning to use C# code to read this dynamic parameter's value list from .rpt and render them on the web page. Then pass back the user selected values to the .rpt to run the report after user make the choice. I didn't find any APIs can do this. Is it possible?
Thanks in advance!!

Hi,
Can you explain a bit in detail, I have similar scenario. I am using the following code but not getting the Column name for dynamic parameter list.
foreach (ParameterFieldDefinition prm
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Can I modify the data type of a dynamic parameter?

I am using CR2008 against an Oracle 11 db and have a report with dynamic parameters.
One of the report sources is a custom view that selects all of the possible 'pay ending dates' where one of the fields from this view is used as the source for the dynamic parameter.
The view performs a TRUNC on the date field in an effort to eliminate the TIME component.
The problem is that the parameter definintion defaults to DATE/TIME (vs. just DATE). I'm wondering if there is any way to modify the data type of the parameter to be DATE only.
I've searched several forumns but have not found anything.
One solution I can think of is to have the custom view format the date field as a VARCHAR (sans the time component) which I assume would force the dynamic parameter data type to string, and then have the report perform a todate function on the value when applying the criteria.
Anyone else have an idea? Just seems like CR should allow the developer to specify the data type- especially b/w Date and Date/Time, rather than make an assumption.
Thank you in advance-
emaher

emaher,
Here's what you can do:
Leave the existing date column as it is in the view...
Just add another column to the view that casts the the date as a VarChar data type and formats the date as you would like it to be.
So now you'll have 2 date columns in the view... 1 that's still a date and another that a character string.
Now for your parameter, use the date version as the parameter value and the text version as the parameter description.
Be sure to set the "Prompt with description only" is set to true.
This way the user sees the LoV in the desired format but there's not need to wrangle it back into a date for data selection.
HTH,
Jason

How to hide Dynamic Parameter userid/password prompts on infoview

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I want to hide Userid/password for each dynamic parameter, which gets prompts while refreshing or scheduling a report
I do enter userid and password at CMC->database level but when report has dynamic parameter it still does prompts for each parameter.
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Megha

I tried what you suggested..
Well I run into different error now while refreshing report suing dynamic prompt.
Error says 'List of Values failure: fail to get values.[Cause of error:Failed to the connetion.ProductName]
ProductName is my dynamic Parameter.
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What is the maximum number of records in a dynamic parameter list of values?

In Crystal Reports Developer, I am attempting to add a dynamic parameter from a view. The view has 6773 total records. The field used for the parameter has 1819 distinct values, none of which are null.
I have the parameter set to allow multiple values, and I have added
field is equal to parameter
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