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Defining Report Parameters in the Siebel Application

This topic describes how to define report parameters in the Siebel application so that users have options when generating reports that govern what appears in the report output.

To define report parameters in the Siebel application

1. Navigate to the Administration - BI Publisher Reports screen, then the Reports - Custom Templates view.
2. From the applicable Template view, select a template, and then check the Parameters field to set it to True.

   NOTE:  This flag ensures the parameter applet appears at run time. The template views you have access to depend on the user's responsibilities.

3. Scroll down to the Parameters list, click New, and then fill in the applicable fields.

   The following table describes some of the fields.

   Field	Description
   Label	Descriptive text for the parameter. You can use this field for translations.
   Name	The name of the parameter. This field references the placeholder parameter name in the report layout template.
   Order	The order in which parameters appear at run time.
   Type	The type of parameter. Choices are: Checkbox, Date, LOV, Text, Number, DateTime, Label, and TextArea. For a description of each parameter, see About Report Parameter Types and Attributes.
   Default	Use this field to provide the default value for the parameter. This default value appears in the Report Parameter dialog box and is passed to the Oracle BI Publisher Server for report generation.
   Picklist Name	The name of the picklist from which users choose values in the parameter dialog box. Use this field for LOV parameter types.
   Required	A value of Y indicates the parameter is required. If required, a value must be entered in the user interface.

   NOTE:  Each parameter name value you define must have a correlating parameter definition in the report layout template. For example, if you define a parameter with the Name property as Param1, then the definition of Param1 must appear in the report layout template.

4. If there are translations, add the following information for each language:
   • Default Value
   • Display Name

     NOTE:  Translation fields are multilingual.

5. Click Validate to check for inconsistencies between the template definitions you defined above and the report layout template. For more information about this feature, see About Report Parameter Validation.

Related Topics

About Parameterized Reports

About Report Parameter Types and Attributes

About Referencing Parameters in the Report Layout Template

About Defining Report Parameters in the Siebel Application

About Report Parameter Validation

Process of Creating Parameterized Reports

Adding Scrollbars to the Parameters Dialog Box

Example of Generating a Parameterized Report