On the Datasource tab on canned report module once you have added an input parameter, then these options are enabled.
On the Parameter tab, you can set the Filter Type for each parameter. The available filter types are:
- Input — A simple text box where users can type a value manually.
- Query Based Dropdown List — A dropdown menu populated dynamically from a written SQL query.
- Date — A date picker control for selecting a single date.
- Date and Time — A date-time picker for selecting a specific date and time.
- Date Range — A date range picker option wherein it can be used to define start and end date.
- Date and Time Range — Two date-time pickers to define a start and end date & time range.
Below we are explaining each category type in detail.
1. Input
Input is a a simple text input box. Users can manually type a value. Use this when you want the user to
enter a single free-form value (e.g., a customer ID, name, etc.) and the end user knows exactly for what
value he wants to see the data, rather than giving him a dropdown from which he can select the values.
2. Query Based Dropdown List
This option displays a dropdown menu populated dynamically based on the SQL query provided when creating the filter.
The query is executed at runtime, and the resulting list of values is shown as dropdown from which an end user can
select the value. He can select a single value or multiple values also based on the configurations.
3. Date
This option displays a date picker control. It allows the user to select a single date.
4. Date and Time
This option displays a date and time picker. It allows the user to select a specific date and time (upto milli seconds).
While using this please make sure that the data is also upto milli second or upto the respective granular details.
5. Date Range
This option allows to select a date range for which the data will get filtered and displayed.
6. Date and Time Range
Similar to date range selector, this can be used to select start date start time and end date end time.
Basically a date and time range selector.
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