Using Date Range parameter in Subreport Selection Formula

I have a subreport which includes this line in the selection formula:
{Production.Date} = {?Pm-?DateRange}
{?Pm-?DateRange} appears in the Subreport Links window, so it seems like it should work.
The DateRange parameter is set by the user in the Main report.
But the subreport returns no records.
I tried this:
In the Main report I created a StartDate and a StopDate field from {?Pm-?DateRange} .
Then in the subreport selection formula I used these two formula fields like this:
{Production.Date} >= @StartDate
and
{Production.Date} <= @StopDate
This works!
So I have found a workaround, but still, I don't understand why the original code {Production.Date} = {?Pm-?DateRange} returns no records.
Thanks,
Art

Hi Art,
You cannot use a date range parameter directly in the subreport's record selection formula.
You'll need to create a formula in the Main report like this:
Minimum(?DateRange) //This gives the start date
Maximum(?DateRange) //This gives the end date
Then send these formulas as parameters to subreport for use in the record selection formula.
I think you've already got this figured out anyway!
-Abhilash

Similar Messages

Possible to pass a date range to a subreport?

Hi,
I've created a report with three groups and I suppress the second and third group. The first group displays a summary of the details. If I "hide" the details I have a nice summary looking report which I can then click on to drill down into the details. However, I cannot enable the "hide" functionality because of two reasons: 1. I'm using the crystal java viewer and it has serious limitations when using the hide/drill-down feature; and 2. in order to print I have to click on each group item in order to print - so when I have 20 values in my group I'm going into each group 20 times and printing 20 times.
So, I still want a summary view of all my group summaries at the front of my report. How can I consolidate the group values into a single summary view? I attempted creating a subreport that is the same as the main report however the issue is that the initial parameter used is a date *range". I'd like to pass the date range to the subreport and then I'm sure this would all work. Does crystal support passing a date range to a sub-report? If so, how is this done?
thx!
Mark

Hi Mark,
Yes, you can pass a date range value to the SUbreport!
Here's how its done:
1) Create a formula in the Main report; call it Start_date:
Minimum({?Date_parameter})
2) Create a second formula in the Main report and call it End_date:
Maximum({?Date_parameter})
3) Insert the sub-report and then Right-click the sub-report > Select Change Subreport links > Move the Start_date and End_date formulas to 'Fields to Link to' area and make sure you uncheck the 'Select data in subreport based on field' option.
4) Edit the sub-report (Right-click > Edit) and insert a Record Selection formula to include the parameters from the Main Report.
Go to Report > Selection Formulas > Record:
{date_field} >= {?Pm-@Start_date} and {date_field} <= {?Pm-@End_date}
Hope this helps!
-Abhilash

CR 2008: Setting currrentdate as default begin date in a date range paramet

I have a Crystal Report with a date range parameter.
How do I set the Begin Date to be todays date ?
I am using a Universe as the data source.
Thanks,

Hi Rajesh,
1) Is the prompt a constant value?
    If yes then type "1900/01/01" in the from value as default value. And in the report selection formula should look similar to this :
DateVar DateParamValue:-
If = Date(1900,1,1) Then
    DateParamValue := CurrentDate
Else
    DateParamValue := {?DateParam};
    {Table.DateField} = DateParamValue;

Pass date range parameter to SQL stored procedure.

Hi,
I'd like to pass a date range parameter from Crystal Reports to a sql stored procedure. Does anyone know if this is possible?
I've had no problem passing standard datetime (single value) paramaters to and from but am struggling with getting a range value parameter to work.
Environment: Crystal Reports 10/XI and SQL 2000 MSDE version or SQL 2005 Express Edition.
Any help would be appreciated.

C5112736 wrote:>
> And then these 2 formulas 'Formula # 1' and 'Formula # 2' can be used to pass on to the stored procedure.
Can someone please demonstrate exactly how to use formula results as date parameters to a SQL stored procedure? Keep in mind, there are two parameters to the stored procedure.
I have gleaned this much: Use Add Command and insert the procedure with
EXEC ServerName.dbo.usp_sprocName;1 '{?StringParameter}'
but if I try to do
{CALL ServerName.dbo.usp_SprocName({@Formula1},{@Formula2})}
then it gives the error "No value given for one or more required parameters".
Both of the parameters are VARCHAR(50).
I have finally found this link: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms710248(VS.85).aspx|http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms710248(VS.85).aspx]
This Microsoft site defines the format of the ODBC escape sequences, but I still do not know how to convince Crystal to insert it's parameter results or formula results.
Pulling what's left of my hair out . . .
~ Shaun

Regarding Date Range parameter

hello,
in purchase order, i want to pass date range parameter. For eg .
I want to fetch data from 21/11/2011 to 25/11/2011
how to pass parameter for this?? or do i need to create any formula??
if yes then how/???????
awaiting for soonest reply.

hi,
you need to do this in the Formula workshop.
this formula {OPOR.DocDate} = {?DateRange}
{OPOR.DocDate} - this is the PO DocDate
{?DateRange} - this is what you have done in step #4 in my 1st post. in this example "DateRange" is the name of my Parameter.
Quote from you post
{OPOR.DocDate} = {?25/11/2011 to 30/11/2011} In this way should i write a formula??????
change this {?25/11/2011 to 30/11/2011} to the name of your Parameter. refer to step #4.
regards
Fidel

Date Range Parameter's Restriction

Could you someone please tell me how BO restricts date range parameter when the users tries to run a query? Often times, users simultaneously try to get several years of data dumped into a single query. Some users even forget to enforce the date range, which causes the query to try to get the data from the beginning of time.
How do we as a BO developer create some sort of date range restriction so that it can prevent users from overloading a query? If the users want to get several years of data, he/she has to run a query in batches instead of doing it all at once.
I hope there is a way that we can create a custom informational error message for each report to prevent users from trying to query too many months or years of data. Some reports may hit small and well-indexed tables that allow large date range queries. But, some reports query against large and poorly indexed tables, which can potentially cause adverse effect on performance without date range restriction.
Any thoughts or advices on how to implement such things (if possible). I am also afraid that the answer will be "currently not doable". If so, any ideas if the next version of BO will allow such functionality, or if it is at least in the plan at all? Thank you so much for your insight and sharing. Have a great day!

Dear Amr,
Thanks so much for your quick reply! The field I want to create a restriction on is called RESULT_DT_TM. When I saw the "where" section of the field, I just don't see how I can apply my START_DT_TM and END_DT_TM parameters on this field so that START_DT_TM and END_DT_TM cannot be more than 365 days apart. If my query does not use parameters called START_DT_TM and END_DT_TM, this "where" section will not be valid?
I don't think the solution has to be on the field itself but rather on the parameter START_DT_TM and END_DT_TM. What I want is that as long as START_DT_TM and END_DT_TM are more than 365 days apart, it does not matter what field these parameters are running against. The screen would then display something saying "your date range parameters for this report must be within 365 days. Please revise your date range on query".
Sorry, I am PL/SQL report programmer, and not familiar with what BO can do. So, is there anyway that can make my dream come true? Thanks a bunch again, Amr.

How to export user using date range

Hia , i am using Oracle10g my object to export user (pibs) all tables in pibs have
created_date column
i wan to export user pibs using date range created_date between 01-jan-07 and 05-jan-07
pls help me

Check out the QUERY clause.
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/exp_imp.htm#CEGFIAGE
If you're using Datapump, check out Filtering during export operations.
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/dp_export.htm#g1022624

How would you send a date-range parameter to a SQL sproc?

Team,
MY ENVIRONMENT
SQL 2005, Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005
MY PROBLEM
I am authoring both a sproc and a report, so I have full control over the design. I am a SQL expert and also a Crystal 8.5 expert.
I have done the Sproc-Report connection dozens of times.
Please consider along with me the sequence of creating a report based on a parameterized stored procedure.
My sproc header is shown here:
CREATE Procedure dbo.usp_DocumentActivityReport(
     @Department NVARCHAR(50)
   , @DateRange NVARCHAR(50)
) AS
SELECT Col1, Col2, Col3 FROM #TEMP
MY THOUGHT PROCESS
@DEPARTMENT is a string. That's easy.
@DATERANGE is a DATE RANGE and I don't know how to get Crystal Reports to prompt for a date range, so I used a String parameter knowing I can parse a specially formatted string, and knowing that I can use a formula to compute the string.
Step 1. Create the blank report, the {?Department} parameter, the {?CreationDateRange} report parameter, and the {@DateRangeText} conversion formula that converts {?CreationDateRange} to the specially formatted string.
Step 2. Test the stored procedure.
Tests pass; It returns data when I run it with values, with zero-length string values, and with NULL values.
Step 3. Tie the report to the stored procedure.
Adding the sproc directly creates two hard-wired, undeletable parameters, and returns data columns. That's no good because the user must supply the specially formatted string for the date range. So, I try using Add Command instead, with this syntax:
{call "EXP_TEST"."dbo"."usp_CorroDocumentActivityReport" (N'{?Department}', N'{@DateRangeText}')}
This code is accepted, but Add Command did not create any undeletable parameters at all. I guess that's OK.
But the worst part is that it does not show any output columns with data either! AAARGH!
Please assist with showing me the proper order to do these steps.
BTW, here's the VB Syntax formula for {@DateRangeText}:
Dim min As String
dim max as String
if HasLowerBound ({?CreationDateRange}) then
min = ToText(Minimum({?CreationDateRange}),"MM/dd/yyyy")
else
max = ""
end if
if HasUpperBound ({?CreationDateRange}) then
max = ToText(Maximum({?CreationDateRange}),"MM/dd/yyyy")
else
max = ""
end if
if IncludesLowerBound ({?CreationDateRange}) then
min = "[" & min
else
   if HasLowerBound ({?CreationDateRange}) then min = "(" & min
end if
if IncludesUpperBound ({?CreationDateRange}) then
    max = max & "]"
else
   if HasUpperBound ({?CreationDateRange}) then max = max & ")"
end if
'formula = min & "..." & max
formula = "(1/1/2009...3/1/2009)"
sorry ... cross-posted per Amit

Ludek,
It sounds like you and The specified item was not found. think along the same lines! I have cross-posted for both of you now!
Please see Simple Sproc Parameters question
~ Shaun

Date Range parameter

Hello Everyone,
I want to create a parameter for date range (From , thru) where the user can put the dates he want to to get the information of the project.
Pls suggest me.
Suhana

Thanks Sathish and Abdul,
But I forgot to mention one thing.
I have a subrepor with in this report and I want the date parameter to display so that the user can select the dates and get the information in the subreport.
For this i think i will have to create a parameter in the main report and then link the subreport.
But my only concern is where to write which formula. In the record selection of main report or the record selection of subreport.
Thanks a lot
Edited by: Suhana01 on Apr 26, 2009 10:38 PM

Disbaling No upper/lower bound value in a date range parameter

Hi folks,
When i added a new parameter with a date range , i can see two check boxes 'No lower value' and 'No upper value' along with 'include value' checkbox in the parameter dialog.
Is there any way to disable these check boxes?? If i cannot disable check boxes and when i select no lower value check box some random date value get returns to the query and the SQL query is giving no results and also i cannot set to a default lower and upper date range too.
Please help me in resolving this.
Thanks in advance.

These features are respective to the range component. If you do not need them, I would suggest that you use two date parameters. One date parameter can act as your low date parameter, and can have it's own default date. The other parameter can act as your high date parameter, and can have it's own default value.
The only change essentially, in the way the report runs, should be some minor changes to formulas, for example instead of having a selection criteria formula that says in {?DateRange}, you would now say >= {?StartDate} and <=
Edited by: Kyle McAdam on Aug 15, 2008 6:31 PM

Date range parameter in heading

Post Author: hstevens
CA Forum: Formula
Given that I've successfully set up a parameter to prompt for a date range, can I now somehow use that in a heading? Is there someway to extract the dates from that? Or do I have have to set up two parameters - one for the beginning and one for the end date?
Thanks.

Post Author: Jean Antoine
CA Forum: Formula
To see all values entered, you would need to read and display every element in the array (multivalue). Something like this:
StringVar MVpos;
NumberVar nMaxLen := UBound(multivalue parameter); // sets the upper limits for the values the user entered
FOR i:=1 to nMaxLen Do
If i=1 Then
MVpos := multivalue parameter[i]
Else
MVpos := MVPos ', ' multivalue parameter[i];
Here, multivalue parameter represents the parameter you've created. You can place this formula in your header and see every entery entered.
Best of luck!

How do I use a running total within a selection formula?

I am developing a report within Crystal Reports 2008. My goal is to identify any accounts that have zero usage for at least six months in this current year. I have account number, meter size, read date, usage, and a running total/subtotal by account.
Here is what the data looks like in the report
ACCTNO     METER SIZE   READ DATE/TIME               READ_USAGE    Counter
001022-05
001022-05     2.00              9/28/2009 9:42:00 AM      0.00                     1
                                                                                1
001110-09
001110-09     2.00             3/2/2009 9:54:13 AM         0.00                      1
001110-09     2.00             3/26/2009 1:32:28 PM        0.00                      1
001110-09     2.00             4/27/2009 11:02:11 AM     0.00                      1
001110-09     2.00             5/27/2009 1:13:53 PM        0.00                      1
001110-09     2.00             6/19/2009 11:41:20 AM     0.00                      1
001110-09     2.00     9/1/2009 8:13:25 AM         0.00                      1
                                                                                6
My report shows all accounts that have zero usage. I want to filter the report to only show the accounts that have at least six zero usage reads. I thought I could add a running total, sum it, and filter the data by using the selection formulas. Unfortunately I keep getting an error message saying "this field cannot be used becuase it is being evaluated later." Any help would be appreciated. This is the first report I have created using crystal.
Edited by: smwdrw2 on Oct 28, 2009 4:29 PM

You could Conditionally suppress the account numbers where your running total is less than 6
You will probably have to put your account number summaries in the group footer, instead of the header.
Then:
go to the section expert, click on the group footer for the account number, on the right, next to the word "Suppress" click on the box that says "X-2". In the formula put
IF<6 then True
Save and close
The only way this would not work for you is if you have some sort of grand total that you don't want to include the other groups in.

Getting Error in Infoview while using Date Range Filter in SAP BW Universe

Hi,
I have created a date range Filter in My Universe
<FILTER KEY= "@Select(Debit Memo Date\L01 Debit Memo Date)">
<CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION= "Between">
<CONSTANT CAPTION= "[ZFDAY_MTH].[LEVEL01]"/>
<CONSTANT CAPTION= "[ZCBDATE].[LEVEL01]"/> </CONDITION></FILTER>
It was Parsed "OK" without any errors.
When I used this filter in my report it does not return any records, while there are some records which I had verified earlier. When I include the two fields "[ZFDAY_MTH].[LEVEL01] and "[ZCBDATE].[LEVEL01] in My Report with the filter I am getting the following error -
A database error occured. The database error text is: A pointer intended for use is NULL. pConstantOperand is NULL in SAPSQLExpressionEvaluator::getOperandsFromCondition, exception raised at line 125 of file source/sofasqlexpressionevaluatorbase.cpp. (WIS 10901)
If I remove the filter and run the report , it gives me the expected results.
Please help me if anyone has faced this issue earlier.
Thanks ,
Pankaj Goswami

Hi,
How about using this code.
I have not tested but I think if we follow this syntax pattern, it might work
<FILTER KEY="[Debit Memo Date\L01 Debit Memo Date].[LEVEL01].[TECH_NAME]"><CONDITION OPERATORCONDITION="Between"><CONSTANT TECH_NAME="@select(ZFDAY_MTH.LEVEL01','D',,mono,free)"/><CONSTANT TECH_NAME="@select(ZCBDATE.LEVEL01','D',,mono,free)"/></CONDITION></FILTER>
Regards,

Left outer join using date range returns too many rows

I am trying to pull data for a website.
Names table:
company_name varchar2(30)
julian_day varchar2(3)
logins number(3)
login_errors number(3)
Given a julian date range (e.g. 250-252), I am displaying the information from the Names table.
The problem is that I also need to display changes (increases/decreases) in the data. I do that by coloring the text based on a 10% increase/decrease. Data for the 3 days 250-252 would be compared to data for the previous 3 days 247-249.
Not all companies will report data on all days, so some gaps in the data may exist. Therefore, I cannot do just a simple join.
I am trying to write a query that will give me this information if the user chooses days 250-252.
Company_name
sum(logins) for days 250-252
sum(login_errors) for days 250-252
sum(logins) for days 247-249
sum(login_errors) for days 247-249
The query I'm using is:
select cur.company_name, sum(cur.logins),
sum(cur.login_errors), sum(old.logins), sum(old.login_errors)
FROM names cur LEFT OUTER JOIN names old
ON cur.company_name = old.company_name
WHERE cur.adate>='250' and cur.adate<='252'
and old.adate>='247' and old.adate<='249'
GROUP by cur.company_name
Given this data:
Company_name adate logins login_errors
ABC 247 10 10
ABC 248 20 20
ABC 249 30 30
ABC 250 15 15
ABC 251 25 25
ABC 252 35 35
My problem is that it returns:
adate cur.logins cur.login_err old.logins old.login_err
250 15 15 60 60
251 25 25 60 60
252 35 35 60 60
How can I get it to only give me the one "old" day's data? I went with the LEFT OUTER JOIN because it's possible that there is no data for an "old" day.
Thanks in advance.....

Your problem stems from the join itself, and would be the same even without the OUTER JOIN. With your data, there are 3 records in cur and 3 records in old. The join matches each record in cur to each record in old resulting in 9 records in total. Without the SUM, this is clear:
SQL> SELECT cur.company_name, cur.logins, cur.login_errors,
2         old.logins, old.login_errors, cur.adate cad, old.adate oad
3 FROM names cur LEFT OUTER JOIN names old
4                 ON cur.company_name = old.company_name
5 WHERE cur.adate>=250 and cur.adate<=252 and
6        old.adate>=247 and old.adate<=249;
COMPANY_NA     LOGINS LOGIN_ERRORS     LOGINS LOGIN_ERRORS        CAD        OAD
ABC                35           35         10           10        252        247
ABC                25           25         10           10        251        247
ABC                15           15         10           10        250        247
ABC                35           35         20           20        252        248
ABC                25           25         20           20        251        248
ABC                15           15         20           20        250        248
ABC                35           35         30           30        252        249
ABC                25           25         30           30        251        249
ABC                15           15         30           30        250        249
9 rows selected.You can do this with only one reference to the table.
SELECT company_name,
       SUM(CASE WHEN adate BETWEEN 250 and 252 THEN logins ELSE 0 END) curlog,
       SUM(CASE WHEN adate BETWEEN 250 and 252 THEN login_errors ELSE 0 END) curerr,
       SUM(CASE WHEN adate BETWEEN 247 and 249 THEN logins ELSE 0 END) oldlog,
       SUM(CASE WHEN adate BETWEEN 247 and 249 THEN login_errors ELSE 0 END) olderr
FROM names
WHERE adate BETWEEN 247 and 252
GROUP BY company_nameHTH
John

[MDX] Define date range based on user selection

Hi All,
I'm trying to define date range (of 3 months) using mdx based on user selection.
This is what I'm trying to do:
- If user select 2013, I would like range to be: from
1 Oct 2013 to 31 Dec 2013
- If user select Aug 2013, I would like range to be: from
1 Jun 2013 to 31 Aug 2013
- If user select 15 Sep 2013, I would like range to be : from
15 Jul 2013 to 15 Sep 2013
It is not a problem to get the upper bound of the range like this:
ClosingPeriod(
[Date].[Calendar].[Date],
[Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
But I'm not able to get the lower bound of the range:
OpeningPeriod(
[Date].[Calendar].[Date],
ParallelPeriod(
[Date].[Calendar].[Month Number],
2,
ClosingPeriod(
[Date].[Calendar].[Date],
[Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
Error:If user selection is
15 Aug 2013, I get
14 Jun 2013
If user selection is Apr 2013, I get
(null)
And even more strange, if user selection is
2013, I get 28 Oct 2013
Any idea of how to solve this ?
Thanks,
Guillaume

Hello Guillaume,
Can you please check if the following works for you? By the way, the performance will suffer due to all these IIF, the solution is very complex in order to avoid null in ParallelPeriod.
with member measures.high as MemberToStr(ClosingPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
   [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
member measures.low as
MemberToStr(
iif(ClosingPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
   [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
) IS ClosingPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
   [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
).Parent.LastChild --last date of the month
OpeningPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
Ancestor(ClosingPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
   [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
), [Date].[Calendar].[Month]).lag(2)
iif([Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember.level is
[Date].[Calendar].[Date]
and
Right(CSTR([Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember.Properties("KEY0")),4)="0429" --take care of 4/29
OpeningPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
Ancestor(ClosingPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
   [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
), [Date].[Calendar].[Month]).lag(2)
OpeningPeriod(
   [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
   ParallelPeriod(
      [Date].[Calendar].[Month],
      2,
      ClosingPeriod(
         [Date].[Calendar].[Date],
         [Date].[Calendar].CurrentMember
select {measures.low,measures.high } on 0
from [Adventure Works]
where
--[Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070815]
--get [Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070615]
--[Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070530]
--get[Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070330]
--[Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070429]
--get [Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070201]
--[Date].[Calendar].[Calendar Year].&[2007]
--get [Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20071001]
--[Date].[Calendar].[Month].&[2007]&[4]
--get [Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070201]
--[Date].[Calendar].[Month].&[2007]&[5]
--get [Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070301]
--[Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070228]
--get [Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20061201]
--[Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070831]
--get [Date].[Calendar].[Date].&[20070601]
If this does not work for you, I would suggest opening a ticket with Microsoft Support, with an advisory type of request.
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Meer Al - MSFT

Using Date Range parameter in Subreport Selection Formula

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for