Task 5: Create a report parameter that prompts for a minimum product quantityIn this procedure, you create a report parameter that prompts the user to specify a minimum quantity of stock. The report will display only rows where the quantity in stock is less than or equal to the user-specified value.
1 In Name, type the following text:Display products whose quantity in stock is less than or equal to this number
5 In Default value, type the following amount:Figure 12‑14 shows the complete parameter definition.
Figure 12-14
5 In the layout editor, choose Preview. As shown in Figure 12‑15, Enter Parameters appears, displaying the prompt text and the default parameter value that you specified when you created the report parameter.
Figure 12-15 Enter Parameters displaying the RP_quantityinstock parameterChoose OK. The report output shows all products. The report does not display only products with quantities less than or equal to 1000 because you have not yet bound the report parameter to the data set.
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