Need to use Formula to add a formula

Hello Experts,
In one of the requirement, I wrote a formula to calculate Level from the Hierarchy of a particular Dimension.
Now, I need to prompt user input for the 'Level' and filter the report comparing "Prompt Level" and "Calculated Level". Im getting an error while writing the formula for this "This filed can be only used in a print-time formula".
What can be the reason? Any alternatives for this? Any help appreciated.
Regards,
arjun

Hi Arjun,
Well, HierarchyLevel, GroupingLevel are all Crystal functions and they cannot be used in selection formula to filter the records off. The records will be there so the only thing you can do is suppress the groups.
So let's say the user selects 2 as the Input Level, what do you want the report to show? The groups with HierarchyLevel <2 or =2 or > 2? Whatever the condition is, you should be able to refer the formula in the Suppress condition for the Group.
So, you could perhaps write a suppression formula like this:
HierarchyLevel(GroupingLevel(<Dimension>)) < 2
This will suppress all the groups with HierarchyLevel less than 2.
Hope this helps!
-Abhilash

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