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Daren
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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.

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GinnyJakes
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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.


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Daren
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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.


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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
 
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Daren
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Thanks! It worked.

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


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


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Darin


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GamP
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Daren,

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


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