Using Sysdate in Reports Formatting Conditions

hi,
we want to create a portal report that highlights a row whose date column is today's date. in the formatting conditions tab page we've tried settin the value to sysdate and #sysdate. this results in the following error when you run the report ...
ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a number was expected
Error: Unable to execute query (WWV-10201)
This is a very valuable feature to have. Any ideas? Tx.

Hi,
This is not supported. You can #sysdate only in the customization parameter values. It is not allowed anywhere else.
Thanks,
Sharmila

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