Unused stored procedure parameters marked with a check mark in crystal reports

Post Author: epowers0213
CA Forum: General
Hello,
I have some Crystal Reports that currently use stored procedures as their datasources (I am in the process of modifying them to use datasets instead). Some of the original reports have check marks next to stored procedure parameters which I cannot find as being used anywhere in the report. Is this a legitimate possibility? (Some of them do not have check marks, however, so it is not consistent.)
More Info: I am using Crystal Reports within Visual Studio 2005. I have looked through each report in every way I can think of to find if a parameter field is being used anywhere - I have checked all formula fields, the formatting formulas for sections and individual fields, the record and group selection formulas and the grouping and sorting experts, along with any subreports (although some of them have no subreports).
(I have read on other forums that exporting a report definition file is another way to look for where fields or parameters are being used, but this does not appear possible within Visual Studio 2005.)
In some cases, I have gone ahead and replaced the stored procedure datasource location with a dataset (generated based on the same stored procedure). When I do this, Crystal automatically deletes the stored procedure parameters from the report, and I have still been able to run the modified report successfully - at least it looks ok and nothing is complaining. So is it possible that these parameters were actually not being used anywhere on the report although they were marked with a check mark?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I want to make sure I am not changing the function of these reports somehow without knowing it...
Thank you!

Are you referencing another database that Crystal can't see? Also, you can try and copy the SQL to a command object in Crystal to see if it behaves differently there.

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