Dynamic Parameter Record Limit

I am using Crystal 2008 with universes as a data source with BOE XI 3.0 (Edge) Infoview and need to create parameter fields that return greater than 1,000 records. I have seen suggestions about modifying the local workstation registry, and also found a reference to an earlier version of BOE (SAP Note 1199759) about modifying the LOV batch size for custom sorting. The latter refers to a Web Intelligence setting, so I'm not sure if it affects parameters in Crystal Reports.
Which is the correct method to resolve this issue my versions of Crystal and BOE?

Hi
we need to make changes for CR so that it fetches more than 1000 records.
Please refer to 1218588 - How to increase the number of values in a dynamic parameter list and make the necessary registry changes.
Hope this helps!!
Regards
Sourashree

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Dynamic parameter with 'type-ahead' capability

Hi,
How do I create a dynamic parameter that will return a drop down list of over 11,000 records in alphabetic order that I can then select the value I want by starting to type in the value. For example, in a list of cities of the world I want to select 'London' so I type in an 'L' and the list moves to the first city starting with an 'L', I then type an 'o' and the list goes to 'Lo' etc.
At the moment only 30 values appear in the drop-down list and I can only enter the first letter.
I want to use this value as the parent for a cascading parameter.
Thanks, Colin

The dynamic parameter does not have the functionality to 'type-ahead' and go to specific values in the list in that manner. The most you can do is go to values that start with a specific letter and scroll through them. This behavior is occurring by design.
By default, Crystal Reports will only return the first 1000 unique values for a dynamic parameter. This can be changed through a registry entry.
For information on changing the values retrieved for the dynamic parameter, you can refer to the following Business Objects Note.
- Go to this link
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/advancedsearch?cat=sdn_ossnotes&query=&adv=true
- Search for the Note: 1218588
When using a dynamic parameter, the limit will be a combination of all the values return at each level to reach the total number of records returned. Also the more records that you return to the dynamic parameter, the longer it will take to retrieve the data from the database.

Dynamic parameter with unlinked table

Post Author: martinh
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Hello,
I have 2 tables in my database. One table (table A) is for selecting the data (all kind of fields)
The other table (table B) is only to be used to have a parameter selection (table with name, value records). These tables have no link with eachother.
I need to have 8 parameter fields and each parameter field must pick a value from table B.
In my recordselection (on table A) I have tests to select records depending on parameters.
I have this working using 8 static parameters, but I have a list of 16 values.
So that means that for each of the 8 parameters I must enter those 16 values (and also in formula-fields I have make tests; total 8x16 lines of coding)
Therefore I wanted to use a table with the 16 values and link the 8 parameters to table B.
The problem is that CR says that there are 2 startpoints and also I see that the data is selected several times.
So how can I use table B only for the parameters without the need of linking this table B to table A, because there is no way to link this.
Hope anyone can help, because I didn't fond any documentation talking about this situation.
I'm using CR XI and CR 2008
Thanks for your reply!
Martin

The dynamic parameter does not have the functionality to 'type-ahead' and go to specific values in the list in that manner. The most you can do is go to values that start with a specific letter and scroll through them. This behavior is occurring by design.
By default, Crystal Reports will only return the first 1000 unique values for a dynamic parameter. This can be changed through a registry entry.
For information on changing the values retrieved for the dynamic parameter, you can refer to the following Business Objects Note.
- Go to this link
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/advancedsearch?cat=sdn_ossnotes&query=&adv=true
- Search for the Note: 1218588
When using a dynamic parameter, the limit will be a combination of all the values return at each level to reach the total number of records returned. Also the more records that you return to the dynamic parameter, the longer it will take to retrieve the data from the database.

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
in the select expert.
However, when I refresh the report and tell it to prompt for new parameters, the list of values does not contain all the values, so about half of the records are dropped.
Is there a way I can guarantee that all 1819 (or an unlimited number) records show up in the List of Values?

This has been answered. Search forums for the results

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

Limit to rows displayed in a Dynamic Parameter?

Post Author: shecter
CA Forum: General
Hi,Does anyone know if there is a limit to the number of rows that can be displayed in a dynamic parameter? I have set up a parameter that needs to let the user choose from 2700 book titles A-Z. But it only show titles A-R. -Marc

Post Author: SKodidine
CA Forum: General
It is limited to 1000 rows by default. Check this KBase article on how to increase the number.
http://technicalsupport.businessobjects.com/KanisaSupportSite/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=c2017238&sliceId=&dialogID=19032644&stateId=1%200%2019034607

Dynamic Parameter only showing 1000 records when Crystal report is run.

I have created a crystal report using ODBC access to a table that has 3000 records. I created a dynamic parameter to pull a list of all the Customer ID's in a customer table and the parameter will only show the 1st 1000 records. In addition I cannot type in the customer ID that I would like. Version of Crystal - Crystal 11.

Oh, darn. So sorry. Looks like I hyperlinked the wrong URL (You'd think I got that down by now...). Anyhow here is the correct link:
1218588 - How to increase the number of values in a dynamic parameter list in Crystal Reports?
And in case the link does not work, or I goofed again, here is a copy of the resolution:
Resolution
CAUTION
The following resolution involves editing the registry. Using the Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall the Microsoft Windows operating system. Use the Registry Editor at your own risk. For information on how to edit the registry key, view the 'Changing Keys and Values' online Help topic in the Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). It is strongly recommended that you make a backup copy of the registry files before you edit the registry.
To increase the maximum number of values available in a dynamic parameter list of values, set the registry key: MaxRowsetRecords, to a value greater than 1,000.
Open the Microsoft Registry Editor, and navigate to the path corresponding to the version of Crystal Reports used:
Crystal Reports XI:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 11.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
Crystal Reports XI R2:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 11.5\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
Crystal Reports 2008:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 12.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
Crystal Reports 2011:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP BusinessObjects\Suite XI 4.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
Crystal Reports 2013:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP BusinessObjects\Suite XI 4.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\SAP BusinessObjects\Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0\Crystal Reports\DatabaseOptions\LOV
NOTES:
- Add the key: LOV, if it is not present.
- For 64 bit version of Microsoft Windows, the registry path will be slightly different, it will start with:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\...
But the rest of the registry path is the same.
Add the String value: MaxRowsetRecords
Set the value of: MaxRowsetRecords to the maximum number of values to display in the List of Values.
For example, a value of 2000 will return up to 2000 values in the lowest level of a dynamic cascading parameter.
IMPRTANT NOTES:
- The higher the number of values is, the longer it will take the see the dynamic parameter prompt screen. In brief, it impact the performance.
- The value 0 (Unlimited) will not work with BusinessObjects Enterprise XI or Crystal Reports Server XI, you must specify another value.
After making changes to the registry, close and reopen Crystal Reports, or restart the Crystal Reports services for the BusinessObjects platforms.
- Ludek

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 .
============================================================================================
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.
Dynamic Parameter Setup6. Next, select Report > Select Expert, select the Customer Name field and click OK.7. Using the drop-down list beside select u201CIs Equal Tou201D and using the drop-down list, select your parameter field (it should be the first field). 8. Click OK to return to your report design and see the parameter dialog.The parameter dialog will appear and show you a dynamic list of values that is updated each time your run your report. It couldnu2019t be easier! In our next tutorial, we will be looking at how to use this feature to create cascading parameter fields, where the values are filtered by the preceding selection.
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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Dynamic parameter selection from infoview not storing the sql password

We are having the problem of dynamic parameter selection from infoview not storing the sql password as it does for the actual report. We are using Crystal Reports XI Release 2 version 11.5.3.438 (Not sure of SP level, asked in separate thread).
To be more specific.
We have created a report that dynamically populates the parameters of the report by pulling the records from the Informix sql database and allowing selection from there.
In the Central Management Console for the report object we have set as follows:
Process - Database:
Use original database logon information from the report - the sql username and pw etc
Use same database logon as when report is run
Process - Parameters
In selecting a default selection there is the option to put in the sql password, however, this does not stick and clears after update.
As such the end result is that every time this report is run from infoview and a user chooses a parameter (there are 5), crystal goes through some timeout for about a minute or so and then requests the sql password, if a user then selects the next parameter, the same timeout and password dialog appears.
We need the crystal report to handle to the sql password for fetching the parameters as well as for the database section of running the report, however, the parameters insists on the end user always putting the password in.
This is 100% replicatable on our system.
Any way that we can fix this?
Will an update fix this issue? If so could you please advise which one?
Thanks

Hi,
I am having the exact same problem. Any help?
And what does "Use same database logon as when report is run" mean? For me that would be that no prompt is needed for getting values in a dynamic parameter...
Regards
Magnus

Pass dynamic parameter to Struts' forward

In my application, when a user modifies a particular record from the database, after they edit it and save it, I want to show them the modified record.
I'm using struts, however, I don't know how to pass the recordID to the struts forward after it has been saved.
Here is my struts-config.xml
<action path="/saveEquipmentTemplate"
         type="cafe.struts.actions.SaveEquipmentTemplateAction"
         name="equipmentTemplateForm"
         input="saveequipmenttemplate.input"
         scope="request">
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         redirect="true"
         path="/showEquipmentTemplate.do" />
</action>What I would like is something like this:
<forward name="saveequipmenttemplate.success"
         redirect="true"
         path="/showEquipmentTemplate.do?recordID=XXX" />Where XXX is the recordID that was just modified.
To recap, how do I pass a dynamic parameter to an action forward in struts?

The following kludge works for me:
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    HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response )
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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

Dynamic Parameter Batch Size in InfoView

How do I increase the size of the batches used during prompting for a dynamic parameter? I am wanting to increase the batch size to a number that will actually allow me to get rid of the "batch" functionality on dynamic parameters. I am using Crystal Report Server 2008. I was able to increase the batch size in the Crystal Reports developer environment by editing the registry. However, I cannot figure out how to increase the batch size of the parameters in the CMC or InfoView environments.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Ashley

THanks for the response John. I tried changing those values and it did not work. However, I was able to find this thread:
[Crystal 2008 - Dynamic Paratemeter records|Crystal 2008 - Dynamic Paratemeter records]
Making the following change suggested increased the batch size of the prompts:
You can create or change a parameter in the Tomcat configuration file to set the batch size for long LOVs. Open the following file:
/Tomcat/webapps/CrystalReports/WEB-INF/web.xml
If it does not already exist, create this parameter:
<context-param>
<param-name>crystal_max_number_list_of_values</param-name>
<param-value></param-value>+
</context-param>
+Where in the above example is the number of items in the batch.
Thanks again for the help John. Looking in the registry at the areas you suggested allowed me to find other values I wanted to adjust as well.

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.
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HTH,
Jason

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