Configuring Report Parameters to Filter Data

Caution: It is recommended that you do not configure report parameters to filter data in a report template. Doing this can degrade performance.

It is recommended that you do not configure a report parameter that filter records. Instead, it is strongly recommended that the user run a query that filters records in the client. If you configure a report parameter that filters records, then Oracle Publisher will examine each record to determine if it matches the filter that you specify, and then filter these records. It will examine the entire record set again according to the parameters that the user specifies in the client. This configuration might degrade performance. For more information, see Caution About Running Reports with a Large Number of Records.