I'm creating my first Drill Down in WF7.6

Selecting (clicking) the field in the parent correctly launches the report in the child.

I need to pass an additional parameter from the parent to the child. This parameter is data in the parent that I only need to display in the child.

I would rather pass the parameter than join tables in the child to get the information that is already displayed in parent.

Please help.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Daren,

Just add the parameter to the drill and reference the field you want to pass. You can do that from the GUI or type it in the text.

Thanks Ginny

The parameter I'm passing down is the Description of an item, which is a string.

In the Parent, I'm referencing it as a "Field", then selected the field from the list in the bottom window, and named the parameter "Description"

How do I reference it in the child so that it is printed? Do I use it as an &variable?

When I run the child, I get the FOC003 Error saying that the "Fieldname is not recongnized", then it prints the first several characters of the description parameter.

Daren

Reference it as a variable &Description

If you are puting it in a heading or footing then it would be just that

If you want it in the body of the report you must either use a define or a compute.

COMPUTE COLUMN/A50='&Description';

The quotes are important as without them WebFocus tries to parse it as a real field

Thanks! It worked.

I do not know why this is not in the Help files nor in the DevStudion Class.

If you don't need it in the body of the report, just pass it as an &var with a static value of '&Description'

Daren,

Good for you that it works.
Please change the title of this post to include the [SOLVED] keyword.
Thanks,