Display blank parameters window for a custom report?

The Report Parameters window is always skipped if there are no parameters used on the report setup.  You could just add a single parameter forcing action ( “Do you wish to do this?”, e.g.) with a default set to “No”.  This would bring up the parameter window and force the user to take an action prior to running.

The Param Win field is for Tessitura reports using non-standard parameter windows and cannot be utilized for a custom report.

=>Ryan Creps

@Tessitura Network

From: Tessitura Technical Forum [mailto:forums-technical@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Nick Reilingh
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 6:09 PM
To: Ryan Creps
Subject: [Tessitura Technical Forum] Display blank parameters window for a custom report?

I completed a simple utility today that requires no parameters and outputs a single cell of data to an InfoMaker report.

It appears that when a report is configured with no parameters, it runs immediately from the "Select Report/Utility" window instead of displaying a blank parameters window first. This strikes me as dangerous because most users will expect the parameters window to display first before the procedure will actually run -- a confirmation of sorts that they've seen from every other report. What's more, this utility updates data (removes remaining false positives from T_POTENTIAL_DUPS), so it would create a hassle if it is done by accident.

I discovered that I can add a blank parameter to the report setup to trigger the parameter window display, but I would have expected this instead to have respected the "Param Win" setting in report setup. And I could have sworn I had seen a blank parameters window before...

Does anyone know if this can be accomplished?

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