parameter

1	A report element or variable that provides input to the execution of the report. A user types or selects values for parameters on the Parameters page, as shown in Figure G-41. Parameters provide control over report data selection, formatting, and processing.

Figure G-41

Parameters page

2	In Actuate SQL, a variable that appears in a query, for example, in a WHERE clause.

3	The definition of an argument to a procedure.

Related terms

Actuate SQL, argument, data, format, Parameters page, procedure, query, report, report element, value, variable

Contrast with

ad hoc parameter, cascading parameters, data set parameter, function, report parameter, subroutine

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