NOTE: This help page describes a specific section of the Report Definition File Wizard. If you need more background information on this wizard, see the "Using the Report Definition File Wizard" topic.
This section of the Report Definition File Wizard enables you to display within Banner ePrint a parameter value from the parameter's page(s) to the report title.
This may be necessary when running the same report many times with different parameters, and the report's current title does not include the parameter. By including a parameter value from the parameters page in the report's title, the report title will become unique and allow users to quickly identify which report they need view.
For example, report fyrblsh is a Balance Sheet report. It has a parameter "Fund Option" that it is run with values from A - Z. The title of this report is "Balance Sheet" prefixed by your institution's name. When this report is ftp'd into ePrint and parsed it will all have the same title, yet there will be twenty-six distinctive reports. In order to distinguish Balance Sheet with Fund Option B from Balance Sheet with Fund Option K, the title ePrint creates for the user interface must contain the parameter value.
The fields for defining a parameter to include in the report title are described below.
| Parameter Name: | Enter the name of the parameter. The name will include all trailing spaces leading up to the actual parameter value. |
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| Label: | The label for this parameter that will be displayed on the report title. |
| Verify: | Enter the unique string that will identify the beginning of parameter page. Typically this is a string from the parameters page title. It is necessary that this string is unique to the report or the parameter will not be added to the title. |
| Length: | Key in the length (number of characters) of the parameter string. |
Report Definition File Wizard (Overview)
Navigating through a Wizard