Parameter appears twice (discoverer 10g)

I was asked to make a change in an existing report. The report consists of two sheets with similar data. One sheet shows the data in dollars, the other sheet shows the data in pounds. Even though each sheet comes from a different folder, the parameters have the same name.
I noticed that the pound sheet has the parameter "from designation" appearing twice, as well as the "to designation" parameter. Since the same name parameter also appears in the dollar sheet, I was sure that I would find the condition of each parameter activated. However, only the pound condition is active, with the other sheet's dollar condition not active. If I de-activate it from the sheet, the parameters do not appear. When I activate the parameters, they again appear twice.
I prefer not deleting and redefining the parameters. Has anyone encountered this problem before?
Thanks.
Leah

The sheets are using different folders.
I do need to have different parameters passed to the second sheet from what was passed in the first sheet. This is intended design. For example:
Sheet 1 parameters:
Cost Center (with an option to select ALL cost centers)
Year
Summary sheet shows dollars for the year (cross-tab format) broken down by period across the top, and individual cost centers; with SUMs for YTD and at the bottom of each period.
The detail data is in a data warehouse, and I need parameters to pass to the BA folder that tells the query whether the user choose to drill down on an individual cost center for a period, or the total of all cost centers for a period (just an example). So.... behind the scenes I have a calculation that says:
DECODE(INBA Journal Rollups.Security Bucket,'ONE',INBA Journal Rollups.Company Cost Center,' <ALL>')
I don't want the <ALL> or ONE to appear on the first (summary) sheet, but so far I am unable to pass the value of this calculation into the detail sheet parameter if I am not showing the calculation on the summary sheet.
Thanks again for your help.
Suzanne

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