Overriding report parameters

Each report has its own parameters, most of which are common to all reports and these are normally set using the Report Selection Criteria window. However, you can override these parameters by modifying the settings in the main configuration file.

If a user sets a specific parameter in the

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Label Report Selection Criteria

window, it will be overwritten by that set in the main configuration file. This allows you to amend certain settings, for example the percentage mark-up in a billing report.

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In the example above, when a billing report Billing Report is run, these extra settings are forced upon the reporting engine and override any values that the user has selected.

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