Topic Last Updated—August 2008

Use the Configuration Manager 2007 R2 Report Parameters dialog box to specify or edit the parameters used by the report.

Note
The information in this topic applies only to Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and Configuration Manager 2007 R3.

This dialog box contains the following elements:

Parameters window

Displays the report parameters currently configured for the report.
Add

Click to add a new report parameter to this report.
Delete

Click to delete the currently selected report parameter.
Parameter Name

Displays the name of the currently selected report parameter.
Prompt Text

Specifies the text displayed to the user to prompt for a value for this report parameter.
Valid Values

Select this check box if you want to define valid values for this report parameter in the Valid Values section of the Report Parameters dialog box.
Allow Blank

Select this check box if you want to allow the user to supply a blank value for this report parameter.
Query Based

Select this check box if you want to use the results from a SQL query to specify the valid values for this report parameter.
Static List

Select this check box if you want to specify a list of possible values for this report parameter.
Dataset Name

Specifies the dataset name to use to return the list of possible values for this report parameter. This option is available if you have specified to use a SQL query to return valid values for this report parameter.
Value field

Specifies the value field to use to return the list of possible values for this report parameter. This option is available if you have specified to use a SQL query to return valid values for this report parameter.
Label field

Specifies the label field to use to return the list of possible values for this report parameter. This option is available if you have specified to use a SQL query to return valid values for this report parameter.
Value and label list

Specify a list of labels and values to use as values for the report parameter. This option is available if you have specified to use a static list for this report parameter.
OK

Saves the changes, and exits the dialog box.
Cancel

Exits the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help

Opens the help topic for this dialog box.

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