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IBM Cognos 8 Platform => COGNOS 8 => Report Studio => Topic started by: shrini on 26 Jan 2010 06:29:22 AM

Title: Diff between pass parameter value and pass data item value?
Post by: shrini on 26 Jan 2010 06:29:22 AM
Pls let me know the diff bw them i am not clear on the two

Thanks,
Shrini
Title: Re: Diff between pass parameter value and pass data item value?
Post by: CognosPaul on 26 Jan 2010 06:38:59 AM
The parameter value is usually the selected item in a prompt. When you have a drillthrough you would not be able to pass that value as it is not part of the object. A prompted filter of order method Fax for example.

The data item value is usually an attribute of the item you started drilling from. When you click on a bar in a graph you'd want to pass that data item value to the target report.