Parameters prompt users to filter or customize data at runtime, helping streamline objects such as forms, dashboards, and cube view reports to best suit different user needs. Administrators typically define parameters primarily in maintenance units, and then assign parameters to the appropriate object. See:
About Parameters
Depending on the type, parameters prompt you to specify data by entering text or selecting items from a drop-down list or dialog box. For example, a Delimited List parameter could prompt you to select from 1 of 3 budget versions to use in a Headcount by Cost Center report, as shown:
As shown below, you can use parameters with a variety of objects, such as:
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Data management sequences
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Cube views
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Forms
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Extensible documents
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Books
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Dashboard components
For example, use parameters as placeholders or with substitution variables and retrieve functions to enhance extensible documents with selections for time period, entity, data cell values, and more. See Ways to Use Parameters.
