CRM uses some predefined report parameters we can use in our report to get context information about the user and the environment where the report is running. These report parameters are as follows.
CRM_FilterText
is a hidden parameter that CRM 2011 uses to pass the current prefilters used.
We can display this value on our report by adding a textbox control and assigning it the value =Parameters!CRM_FilterText.Value
.
As we can see, this is a value that is displayed in the account distribution report under the Filter Summary header.
CRM_FormatDate
is a parameter that depends on the DSNumandCurrency
data set that allows us to know what the user date and time configuration are, so we can display the date in the user format he or she has specified on his or her personal settings.
As we can have users located in different countries, some users in the U.S. would like to see the dates in the mm/dd/yyyy format while users in Latin America would...