Wild cards in custom views

Question

Is there a way to use wild cards in the sql in custom views in Discoverer? We can allow a parameter in the actual report but one of the tables we're using has term effective dates instead of actual term dates so we need to pull info from the term effective date prior to the term we're reporting on.
We've created a table that updates a view that allows the user to fill in the term they're interested in, but our users find that too cumbersome.
Thanks,
Janet

Answer 1

One method that I've recently come across - and like a lightbulb when you see it - is to have the first worksheet ask for parameters. Then a function is called that uses the parameters to write results to a table and voila, the next worksheet simply reports on that table's value.
You also can pass parameters from you workbook to the EUL, but it's not trivial. It's been well documented on this forum.
As for using wild cards in the SQL of a custom folder - have you tried it? I've never had to do that - and may be corrected - but on the surface, can see no reason why a custom folder using a '%" in the condition shouldn't work.
Russ