Schedule Crystal Reports on BOE with Parameters

Hi
I would like to schedule Crystal reports with parameters on BOE. How can I pass a parameter if the job is scheduled to run nightly?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Hello!
I am going to assume that you know how to schedule a report to run nightly and how to set the parameters/prompts, and what you are really asking is how to change what the parameter/prompt value will be every night?
If that is the case there is no default functionally that can do that. How ever you could create a Java application (or another supported programming language) application that will run as a Program Job Object. The PGO (Program Job Object) will be what is scheduled nightly. Inside the PGO you would schedule your report to "run now" with the parameters/prompts you want for that night.
I hope I have answered your question. Cheers!

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